Thursday, June 4, 2009

Life on the Streets of Lagos, Nigeria

Has China's communist party really changed?

Twenty years ago in Beijing, 100,000 students protested for democracy in Tiananmen square. This was just a protest. The United States and the other western nations have protests as well, but China took their army and killed students protesting. Even worse, the government didn't even put thought on what they were protesting. This is terrible and disasterous because no country should ever harm its people. The government should be protecting the people's rights and freedoms.

twenty years later, China has given the economy free trade. It has a capitalist economy where people have the freedom of choosing jobs. The government remains a single party government and has not changed the communist ways. This is unlike the United States because during the the Vietnam War, there were demonstrations and protest to end the war.
The government tried to put a stop to these demonstrations, but later thought about ending the Vietnam War. The US government always think about their people and their people's right to free speech. The US government listens closely and watch their people because the government is a a government by the people for the people.