TR EMERITUS

Five years ago, I know little about what was happening in China. I read news and views expressed in the western media. Most were negative. They criticized the controls, lack of freedom and oppression that were alleged to exist in China. In many cases, the opinion were not backed by facts, but were written in colorful and convincing... 

Darwin spoke about "THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST" . . . That is not what Darwin meant at all by the fittest. Evolutionary fitness is mediated by the environment the organism finds itself in. It has nothing to do with physical fitness. A smaller individual needs fewer calories to survive. In times of food scarcity his/her fitness... 

China is governed under the "leadership of the Communist Party". Many people look on this system as a dictatorship and criticize it for lacking democracy. It deprived the people on the right to vote and select their leaders to govern the country. I share a different perspective. The Communist Party comprise of 100 million members....