Why does one have an embargo and the other does not?
2007-10-23 22:35:04 · 4 answers · asked by Dave in tirol 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I was hoping for a bit more in put on the political system! They are both communist countries and lock up pro democratic supporters. Chinas army is not so big because they fear an invasion from Taiwan! Why is Cuba the boo man?
2007-10-23 22:50:43 · update #1
China is friendly to the US and Cuba is anti-American, so it has an embargo.
2007-10-23 22:41:07 · answer #1 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, China is not Communist
Communism and capitalism are opposites. Therefore that is impossible.
Second, they are not totalitarian, or a dictatorship.
Totalitarian:
means all aspects of life are controlled by the state. That is impossible since people can move, immigrate, seek new employment, save money, invest it, open up businesses, get rich, spend it in any way they see fit, in short, pretty much do what Americans take for granted.
Dictatorship:
means an autocratic rule or unlimited power. Again that is impossible since the legislature is voted in by the people and the president is elected by the legislature.
What are the differences?
There is a powerful anti Cuba lobby of ex pats from Cuba that want it to go back to the pre Castro days, of the rich owning everything and trampling on the poor which had pretty much nothing. Look at how nuts they went when the Elian Gonzalas fiasco happened a decade ago. No politician wants to go up against them and I don't blame them.
China is loaded with a cheap labor pool of 800 million. Cuba has what, maybe a few million? If it was the other way around, China would be the one we'd have the embargo against, and Cuba would have the most favored nation status.
It's all about money.
Peace
Jim
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2007-10-24 08:57:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Size and Proximity,retail giants who practice Capitalism in the Marketplace and Communism in the Workplace have made China a Hot place to do Business,Cuba is a Rogue state that was Bought and Paid for long ago by the USA but who stole that away when they Nationalized under Castro and soon after declared Communist
2007-10-24 05:46:47 · answer #3 · answered by Will 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your kiding right? something about 50 years of an embargo for a Small little Island would equel 5000 years for something the Size of China! When sitting in your yard do you Smack at the Mesquito or do you fly around to the other side of the world to tackle a Tiger????
2007-10-24 05:43:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋