So we have now precedents for the most powerful warmongering countries, irrespective of international law, to pre-emptively attack weaker countries they discretionally label terrorist countries. At the same time we continue to have global corporations of any country merging themselves to further monopolise the global market.

This situation reminds me of the book "When Corporations rule the World" where author David Korten explains the depravation of the Free Market.

I have explained the Race to the Bottom of the Free Market as the global corporations have been moving their manufacturing factories to low wage countries in their 'competitive' pursuing for higher profits, and global and local markets. China, as the biggest country with the lowest worker wage, has become the manufacturing factory of the world; however China has not experienced this race to the bottom. In fact, China has seen its gross domestic product rise tenfold over the past 25 years to US$1.3 trillion. We must also understand that something is the value of the international dollar, and something else is the value of the local currency in the local market.

So we have the paradox that China, by slowly and progressively entering the market economy and contrary to the gospel of the Free Market to restructure immediately, has consistently increased its gross domestic product while having the lowest worker wage in the world. At the same time China's economy is relatively diversified and its scientific and technological advances can be appreciated when we consider China's space plan to put eventually a man on the Moon and China's achievement in the completion of the Maglev Train, the fastest in the world, connecting Shanghai to its international airport.

Rapid economic growth as for any radical change in any natural phenomena occur always in a state of tension. Therefore, it is natural that China is experiencing ongoing social problems as its economy continues to grow at the highest pace in the world. The United States doesn't understand the meaning of growth in a state of creative social tension and peace. Instead, it wants to grow in a state of negative tension and war. The last negative tension caused by the Bush administration against China is the complaint that its loss of domestic jobs and wide trade deficit are a consequence of an undervalued Chinese currency being artificially pegged to the dollar. This complaint is definitely not true as the root problem is the wage differential between American workers and Chinese workers in an economy driven by the Free Market.

Economic and social growth can only be healthily guided by taking actions to offset root problems, and certainly not by reacting to superficial problems as the Bush administration proves.

References

Pertinent articles published in Ensign

Reynolds, Paul Prising open the Syrian file October 6, 2003 BBC News, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3167742.stm

Belton, Catherine Yukos Targeted In 3 New Raids October 6, 2003 The Moscow Times, http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2003/10/06/001.html

Korten, David C. WHEN CORPORATIONS RULE THE WORLD April 2001, http://www.pcdf.org/corprule/corporat.htm

deSantis, Mario The Race to the Bottom of the Free Market October 2, 2003 Ensign

Cheng, Allen T. Analysts warn of dangerous days ahead for the economy October 1, 2003 China Study Group, http://www.chinastudygroup.org/newsarchive.php?id=2803

Hennock, Mary Legal aid for China's workers October 5, 2003 BBC News, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3159732.stm

BBC News China details space plans October 6, 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3166832.stm

Gluckman, Ron Is it a Bird? A Plane? http://www.gluckman.com/Maglev.html