Assume you are president of china Options

[InitialDJay]

hypothetically speaking..you are a leader of china or one of the important government official, what would you propose to change in china? it can be from anything from political reform, economic reform, cultural reform, education reform, etc.. but only one you can do....

[newties21]

I would instill more race nationalism and less communism, although I think socialism can be weaved into race nationalism as a form of race solidarity.
(rich people should care about poor people etc)

Secondly, all those affirmative actions will be erased, including at the political and social level, and I would even go as far as population redistribution (strictly non-violent but only using incentives) to disperse pockets of separate ethno-nationalism.

Nevertheless, strictly there shouldn't be any suppression through force of any cultural practices or languages, but I believe in gradual assimilation and don't believe in entrenching differences and implementing racial affirmative action.

Thirdly, One-child policy will be erased and replaced with Third-child baby bonus, with incentives, subsidy, tax break, bonus, and prizes.

Btw, it is not true that China should only care about its domestic GDP per capita, economic wellbeing, how many people is ideal and sustainable, and so on etc, because, China does not exist in a vacuum and the Chinese people in this world do not exist in a vacuum. We are all living in a globalized world which is getting smaller and smaller and more integrated.
In other words, Chinese people and civilization is competing with other peoples and civilizations. Put in other words, low birth rate is detrimental to the overall collective strength of the Chinese people. Everything from cultural projection, technological achievement, competition for natural resources, etc, will be less if the size is smaller. It is a bad thing.
Switzerland is small and rich. Brunai is small and rich. But they do not have the heft to determine their own fates and destinies.

Fourthly, I would instill civil service reform, and one of the ways I would do it is to benchmark the salary remuneration of public sector workers to the private sector counterparts (cannot fall below 80%) and instill KPIs, and fire 5% of the worst performers among the workforce each year.

Fifthly, renegotiate with Taiwan including considering moving the capital, having 2 co-capitals, having president and vice president from Taiwan for the first few terms, and even changing the flag, or adopting Taiwan's flag or a similar measure.

Sixthly, I would encourage more linkages to the overseas Chinese communities, give preferential treatment and passes to them, encourage investment, and I would do more things politically to influence conducive sociopolitical atmosphere for them in the various countries to help improve their safety and wellbeing. For instance if race riots happen somewhere, exert political pressure. No more low profile.

Seventhly, since the world is ever integrating and regional blocks are forming like the EU in Europe, Mercosur in Latin America, and so on, I believe East Asian regional block need to be sped up. I would give special attention and encourage and intensify regional integration. I would even unilaterally give special preferential treatment to regional nations of Korea, Japan, and Mongolia with special tax breaks, incentives, generous immigration rules, standardizations in industry, educational field, and so on.

Eighthly, I would put more energy into space exploration, deep sea exploration, and arctic and antarctica exploration.
In the past centuries China and actually the whole world has lost to a group of Western nations in exploration achievement, and the price is now being paid. Just take a look at Australia, America, and even Russian Siberia, which is much nearer to Chinese hinterland than it is to Russian hinterland. Yet all these big chunks are controlled by a small group of nations.
This means that for the next waves of human civilization, colonization, and discovery, the Chinese people must especially exert greater efforts to make up for the lag.

Ninthly, compulsory military conscription of 2 years would be instituted. This will be for both genders, male and female. This will help promote patriotism but more importantly, it promotes social unity, lessen classism and social division, and instill good character building values for the young people.

Tenthly,
I would make Dim Sum as the compulsory national food. Every Saturday everyone must eat Dim Sum.

This post has been edited by newties21: Feb 14 2012, 08:54 PM

[InitialDJay]

I would instill more race nationalism and less communism, although I think socialism can be weaved into race nationalism as a form of race solidarity.
(rich people should care about poor people etc)

Secondly, all those affirmative actions will be erased, including at the political and social level, and I would even go as far as population redistribution (strictly non-violent but only using incentives) to disperse pockets of separate ethno-nationalism.

Nevertheless, strictly there shouldn't be any suppression through force of any cultural practices or languages, but I believe in gradual assimilation and don't believe in entrenching differences and implementing racial affirmative action.

Thirdly, One-child policy will be erased and replaced with Third-child baby bonus, with incentives, subsidy, tax break, bonus, and prizes.

Btw, it is not true that China should only care about its domestic GDP per capita, economic wellbeing, how many people is ideal and sustainable, and so on etc, because, China does not exist in a vacuum and the Chinese people in this world do not exist in a vacuum. We are all living in a globalized world which is getting smaller and smaller and more integrated.
In other words, Chinese people and civilization is competing with other peoples and civilizations. Put in other words, low birth rate is detrimental to the overall collective strength of the Chinese people. Everything from cultural projection, technological achievement, competition for natural resources, etc, will be less if the size is smaller. It is a bad thing.
Switzerland is small and rich. Brunai is small and rich. But they do not have the heft to determine their own fates and destinies.

Fourthly, I would instill civil service reform, and one of the ways I would do it is to benchmark the salary remuneration of public sector workers to the private sector counterparts (cannot fall below 80%) and instill KPIs, and fire 5% of the worst performers among the workforce each year.

Fifthly, renegotiate with Taiwan including considering moving the capital, having 2 co-capitals, having president and vice president from Taiwan for the first few terms, and even changing the flag, or adopting Taiwan's flag or a similar measure.

Sixthly, I would encourage more linkages to the overseas Chinese communities, give preferential treatment and passes to them, encourage investment, and I would do more things politically to influence conducive sociopolitical atmosphere for them in the various countries to help improve their safety and wellbeing. For instance if race riots happen somewhere, exert political pressure. No more low profile.

Seventhly, since the world is ever integrating and regional blocks are forming like the EU in Europe, Mercosur in Latin America, and so on, I believe East Asian regional block need to be sped up. I would give special attention and encourage and intensify regional integration. I would even unilaterally give special preferential treatment to regional nations of Korea, Japan, and Mongolia with special tax breaks, incentives, generous immigration rules, standardizations in industry, educational field, and so on.

Eighthly, I would put more energy into space exploration, deep sea exploration, and arctic and antarctica exploration.
In the past centuries China and actually the whole world has lost to a group of Western nations in exploration achievement, and the price is now being paid. Just take a look at Australia, America, and even Russian Siberia, which is much nearer to Chinese hinterland than it is to Russian hinterland. Yet all these big chunks are controlled by a small group of nations.
This means that for the next waves of human civilization, colonization, and discovery, the Chinese people must especially exert greater efforts to make up for the lag.

Ninthly, compulsory military conscription of 2 years would be instituted. This will be for both genders, male and female. This will help promote patriotism but more importantly, it promotes social unity, lessen classism and social division, and instill good character building values for the young people.

Tenthly,
I would make Dim Sum as the compulsory national food. Every Saturday everyone must eat Dim Sum.

big big big idea but some ideas aren't realistic. some also can't work under constructive circumstance. in fact, it is counterproductive. but solid write up though.

This post has been edited by InitialDJay: Feb 15 2012, 12:33 AM