Thanks Bartledan for the clarification:
The best description of the Chinese state so far. I totally agree, totalitarian and satanist; only satan can think of a grand scheme like that; Capitalism run by a facade repressive communist administration.
But, can we get back to the main topic of this thread; I and certainly many other fellows like to read more about Norinco M4.
Thanks and cheers
It's called being a developing nation that used to be borderline stalinist. Chinese is an emerging capitalist country, but it's leadership is still very much communist.
When you have the largest population 1.35 Billion people
you too will be restrictive with peoples rights. Unfortunately we don't quite understand what it means to have that many people living in our country.
Chinese do not think in a western way, they think about things in a Confucian way. The leader is absolute and to serve him and co-operate with your fellow country men is to bring harmony.
The leader is by our standards fits the totalitarian model.
Quote from Confucious:
"The Master said, 'Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.
(Analects II, 3)
This sums up Chinese rule nicely. it also explains to a limited extent other Asian countries rules, or past rules.
We as westerners find this "wrong, unjust..blah blah....." just as a lot of Chinese find our system lacking in morality and respect and self discipline.
Criticism goes both ways here.