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CLAYTON — Facing his first season of having to replace graduating seniors, Cleveland coach Jamie Lee is taking a couple of approaches in the inaugural season of the Johnston County High School Summer League.
Most certainly, he wants to find the individuals to fill the shoes of departed pitchers Kodi Whitley and Cody Johnson. But at the same time, he's taking the approach used by Minor League baseball franchises – eschewing wins and losses in lieu of individual improvement in fundamentals and overall team play.
"Yes, we want to win," Lee said after the Rams posted a 3-1 victory over West Johnston Thursday. "But our emphasis is on getting better as an individual and as a team."
In doing so, the Rams are taking the "one day at a time, one thing at a time" approach.
Whether it is how you stand at the plate when you are batting, how you plant your feet when you attempt a throw across the infield, running fundamentals, or pitching fundamentals, Lee has the team concentrate on the item at hand that day in practice. Then he watches on game days to see if the lessons are paying off, or if they need to be repeated again.
"We go out to the field and we tell them, 'This is what we're going to work on today,' " Lee said. "We try to pick something each day like fielding the ball – or just work on something defensively and try to build upon it. We just want to improve as a team and individually. We lost a few seniors, and we have some new kids and jayvees who need to learn how to play together and do things together as a team."
Lee pointed to shuffling done to enhance and improve the defense.
One sign of the summer's methods are reflected in Cleveland's league records. The varsity team improved to 8-1 with the win, while the junior Rams are 5-0.
"We let everyone play, and everyone gets into the lineup and hopefully gets a chance to hit," he said.
Hits were few for both teams, with Cleveland notching six hits while West, which struggled against winning pitcher Brandon Fox, managed only five. Fox enjoyed a solid day on the mound, striking out 12 batters while walking only one. Lee noted along with Fox, he had Chase Jackson, Patrick Banks, Maison Mullens and Chris Bjorling as people who could get the job done on the mound for the Rams.
Lee however, is not completely satisfied with everything he is seeing.
"We can be better than how we are playing right now," Lee said. "We're satisfied with the end result, but as a group, we're not satisfied with how we are getting there."


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August 3, 1977: The TRS-80 Personal Computer Goes on Sale
It was with minimal expectations that, on August 3, 1977, Tandy Corporation teamed up with Radio Shack to release the TRS-80, one of the first personal computers available to consumer markets. While Don French—a buyer for the Tandy Radio Shack consumer electronic chain—had convinced some Tandy executives of the need to release a personal computer, most felt it was unlikely to gross substantial profits. This bulky item with complex operating procedures would never sell, they thought, more than 1,000 units in its first month.
But as soon as it hit the shelves, the $600 TRS-80, a hefty price for Radio Shack customers who were used to spending much less on their electronic needs, sold like hot cakes. There was something about these new computers that ignited fascination on the part of the American public.
"People were willing to put up with the difficulties of doing something just to play with these computers and see if they could make them work," says David K. Allison, a curator of information technology at the National Museum of American History.
As it turned out, the TRS-80 surpassed even the most cautious sales estimates by tenfold within its first month on the market; the burgeoning prospects of a new era in personal electronics and computing could no longer be denied.
The TRS-80 was not the first personal computer for sale. The MITS Altair, a "microcomputer" first introduced in a 1975 issue of Popular Electronics magazine, is generally credited with jump starting the personal computer industry. Both Apple and IBM had begun making personal computers by 1977. But the TRS-80 was one of the first products that came fully assembled and ready to use, bridging the gap in accessibility between hobbyists—who took interest in the actual building of the computer—and the average American consumer, who wanted to know what this new, cutting-edge technology had in store for them.
The TRS-80 had no hard drive and four kilobytes of memory—for comparison's sake, Apple's new pocket-sized iPhone 4 has 512 megabytes of memory.
"Even if you bought a machine that was pretty much self-functioning like the TRS-80 was, just learning to do anything on it was difficult. There was limited software on it, you could play a few games, but word processing was rudimentary and had a lot of codes that you had to learn," says Allison.
Though still in business today, Tandy has become primarily a phone manufacturer, but the TRS-80 proved to be the little computer engine that could.
An original TRS-80 computer is held in the collections of the National Museum of American History.
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Just so we're clear on how far we've come…
the iPhone 4 has 131,072 times as much memory as the original TRS-80.
And it's CPU speed is something like 2000 times faster (1.78 MHz versus 1 GHz and 4-bit CPU versus 32-bit and that's a poor comparison.)
Oh, and you can stuff it in your pocket. Gotta love technology!
Back in the day, I had a TRS-80 Model III, my second computer after the VIC-20 and it was awesome.
Sorry, the Zilog Z80 CPU was an 8-bit CPU.
[...] Around the Mall profiles one of the world's first personal computers, the TRS-80, an example of which is held at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and which went on sale for the first time this week back in 1977. [...]
The TRS-80 was actually a computer that nobody wanted. They felt it would never sell. They day it was shown to Charles Tandy, I was asked how many I felt could be sold the first year. My estimate was 50,000. I was laughed at being told that was impossible. They originally planned on making 1,000 machines to be sold. Prior to actual production they upped the number to 3,500 because that was the number of stores they had. And "when the product failed" they would use it in the store for inventory control. It was created to prove that Radio Shack was a technology company.
This was the machine that created the personal computer revolution/industry. It was their marketing money that created interest in the possibilities of real personal computing.
I was there. The computer was my idea and Radio Shack used my personal development system to develope the level one basic. The initial development work was started in mid 1976 with the first demonstration to Charles Tandy in late 1976. The product was announced on August 3,1977. We had over 15,000 requests to buy the product the first weekend. Because of the low projected sales, there was a huge backlog the day it was released.
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Carpenter faces the charges for allegedly shooting to death 29-year-old David Scott Meyer, Jr. on June 8, 2012.
The primary witness at the hearing was Justin Saari, 31, who was with the defendant and the victim on the day of the shooting. Saari testified that there was a 20-minute argument and a scuffle over money between Carpenter and Meyer. "Before I knew it, I saw a gun," said Saari. When asked what happened next by prosecuting attorney Matt Wiese, Saari testified that the defendant had the gun in the victim's mouth, who screamed, "shoot me, shoot me!" Before he knew it, the gun went off. "I didn't know what to do...he asked me if I could help him dump the body," Saari explained. He added that Carpenter then took a knife and placed it in Meyer's hand, putting his prints on it, making the incident appear to be self-defense. Saari then testified that he lied to the defendant, telling him he would help him dispose of the victim's body but that he needed to get gas. "I just said, I need to get fuel but went to my girlfriend's house and asked her what to do. I knew what to do and then went to the Sheriff's Department," Saari said. The defense attorney, Karl Numinen, returned, accusing the witness of lying about the incidents in all of his previous interviews with police adding that Saari will most likely be "indicted" because of them. Numinen pointed out that Saari had told law enforcement that the victim, David Meyer, "pulled a knife on Jack Carpenter and attacked him." "You told detectives that David Meyer was the aggressor, right? In fact you said David tried to stab him," insisted Numinen. The defense continued to stress in court that multiple police reports and documented interviews reveal Saari informed law enforcement that the victim had a knife and attempted to attack his client.
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Animal Crossing: New Leaf players can pick up a free Tree-Stump Chair using SpotPass
Animal Crossing: New Leaf players who use the SpotPass feature will receive a free Tree-Stump Chair for the game from now until December 31. To receive the gift, players will need to head to the in-game Post Office on Main Street and speak with either Pelly or Phyllis. The chair is only available until the end of the month, so if you want the spiffy chair, it'd probably be best to go ahead and download it. Thanks, Nintendo World Report.
Tue, Dec 03, 2013 | 12:12 GMT
Kirby: Triple Deluxe 3DS scans are a smorgasbord of colour and glee
Kirby: Triple Deluxe has been featured in the Japanese gaming press this week, and as ever, several magazine scans have oozed out of the internet's pipe. Observe them here.
Tue, Dec 03, 2013 | 09:47 GMT
Persona Q: Shadow of Labyrinth screens show chibi RPG action
Persona Q: Shadow of Labyrinth has received a batch of 3DS screens and character artwork, courtesy of publisher Atlus.
Mon, Dec 02, 2013 | 10:50 GMT
Nintendo eShop Europe: Bravely Default and Scribblenauts Unlimited lead the week
Nintendo has published its weekly list of eShop downloads for 2DS, 3DS and Wii U. Square's Bravely Default and Warner's oft-delayed romp Scribblenauts Unlimited lead this week's offering.
Mon, Dec 02, 2013 | 11:12 GMT
UK game charts: Call of Duty Ghosts back on top, Killzone in at four
Killzone: Shadow Fall is the highest-charting PS4 exclusive of the week, entering the UK charts at fourth. Call of Duty: Ghosts has slide-tackled FIFA 14 off the top spot once again.
Wed, Nov 27, 2013 | 17:06 GMT
Miiverse update paves the way for 3DS launch in December
Nintendo has released an update for Miiverse which prepared for the launch of the social network on 3DS next month.
Wed, Nov 27, 2013 | 16:55 GMT
Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre software launching in eShop December 2
Nintendo has announced that 3DS owners with broadband connection can visit the Nintendo eShop starting December 2 and download the Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre software.
Wed, Nov 27, 2013 | 22:03 GMT
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 bests Super Mario 3D World by 177,494 units on Media Create charts
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 debuted in the top slot on the Media Create charts, moving 277,082 units in three days on PS3. The Square Enix title bested the debut of Super Mario 3D World by 177,494 units. Full report below.
Wed, Nov 27, 2013 | 08:35 GMT
3DS: Iwata & Miyamoto walk around the Louvre to showcase digital guide
Nintendo 3DS is getting a digital guide to the Louvre gallery in France. The company has posted a video of president Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto walking around the gallery to try it out. It's quite bizarre.
Wed, Nov 27, 2013 | 00:35 GMT
Atlus Black Friday sales kick off early, available online and in-store
Atlus, concerned about the potential hospitalisation of fans rushing to secure a holiday bargain, has announced its major sales will be available online as well as in-store, and have started today so you can get in early and spend your day off with your new purchases.
Tue, Nov 26, 2013 | 10:27 GMT
Pikmin designer Masamichi Abe working on new Nintendo IP, says Tekken boss
Pikmin dsigner Masamichi Abe is said to be working on a new Nintendo IP, according to a tweet from his former colleague, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada.
Tue, Nov 26, 2013 | 10:16 GMT
Pokemon X & Y guide addresses Pokemon Bank and Poke Transporter apps
Pokemon X & Y has received a guide out of Nintendo, covering Game Freak's Pokemon Bank and Poke Transporter apps.
Mon, Nov 25, 2013 | 22:09 GMT
Persona director apologises for long wait, talks up "unexpected element" of spin-offs
Persona 5 and series director Katsura Hashino has apologised for series fans for the long wait for this weekend's Persona announcements, and said Atlus looks forward to giving them new ways to experience the Persona universe.
Mon, Nov 25, 2013 | 20:30 GMT
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds guide – complete walkthrough
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is probably now glued permenantly into your 3DS. Ensure you make it to the end with our monster walkthrough.
Mon, Nov 25, 2013 | 17:16 GMT
Luigi's Mansion 2 getting blue 3DS bundle this week
Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon will be bundled with blue 3DS console from November 28, Nintendo has confirmed.
Mon, Nov 25, 2013 | 14:14 GMT
LEGO The Hobbit confirmed for Spring 2014 on multiple platforms, first screens inside
LEGO The Hobbit has been confirmed by publisher Warner Bros. It's coming to Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3, Wii U, PS Vita and 3DS in Spring 2014. We've got the first screens here.
Mon, Nov 25, 2013 | 10:48 GMT
Nintendo eShop Europe: Super Mario 3D World leads the week
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Here's my ute. It is the second car I have ever owned behind a shitty Mazda 626. I always liked the shape of the vs ute when i grew up so i was stoked that i could get one so soon after i got my licence.
It was originally a mint condition ecotec v6 with getrag 5sp.
The first thing I did to it was make it look a bit better.
Performance wise, I put a 2.5" exhaust and a CAI on the ute first up but the first major performance mods - 'Stage 1' - were diff gears (3.08 -> 3.45) and high ratio roller rockers (1.65 -> 1.9). This was good money spent as the mods complimented each other and i had noticeably more acceleration everywhere. I did a power run at the time and got 120rwkws. I was at uni these years and didn't have any tools or a shed so no other mods took place.
Here are some pics of it during my uni years:
I did uni in Rocky and any car enthusiast who has spent time in Rocky can appreciate that the 'hoon' scene there is great. I cannot remember how many cars spanked me at the lights to raise their self esteem. One thing i noticed during this time was how fast those fucken turbo cars were.
This lead me to spread the last 6 months of uni over 12 months so that i too could own one of these fknwooshcarz. So I drempt up 'Stage 2'. The idea was to get good turbo kit hardware, some mild steel pipe & tube and a $30 swap meet stick welder to tack it all together. Even spread over 12 months uni seemed to take up most of my time and this only left me 2 weeks to get the turbo conversion done! Lucky (a) i had bought all the hardware & collectors beforehand and (b) i was sharehousing with LS400X (off this forum) at the time. We managed to get the majority of the turbo conversion done in these 2 weeks up to the point that it was driveable but with no tune or fuel system.
Here's some pics during the two week build:
I then graduated and got a job in Brissy and put the project on hold for a year and a bit. Finally got a rental with a shed in the heart of Logan Central. I wanted to do all the work this time around but there was one problem... I have extremely limited fab skills. I spent half a year on and off (mostly off) getting a tool collection together and learning how to weld. As of a couple of months ago I finally got enough courage to start the project again. The poor ute has been sitting in the shed right next to the fab area for nearly a year now so it is fucken filty.
Here is what I'm up to currently (all work done by me):
***new 3 bolt flanges and flex joint for turbo manifolds***
***new exhaust and intercooler plumbing***
***everything plonked into the bay to test fitment***
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Prudhoe kick off with four games in a week
Published at 09:11, Monday, 06 August 2012
PRUDHOE Town face an energy sapping start to the Wearside League when the action gets under way tomorrow.
With three new teams in the division taking the total to 22, teams are having to play four games in the space of just seven days in the opening week.
To make matters worse for Town, all games will be away from home as the league have again allowed their pitch at Kimberly Park time to settle after the summer's maintenance work.
Tomorrow they travel to Hartlepool, followed by Monday's game at Gateshead Leam Rangers, Wednesday's match-up with Jarrow and next Saturday's encounter against Wolviston.
Club chairman Chris Lowther said: "It is going to be a hard start but it is very important to start well and we will be trying to do that.
"We want to progress so we are hoping to finish in the top 10, and then to keep on improving year on year.
"We will take the first 10 games as they come and then see if we need to make changes or if it is working."
Despite publicly committing himself to Prudhoe for the long run, prolific striker Chris Winn has turned his back on the club to sign for reigning Wearside champions Ryhope CW.
They have also lost captain Peter Bryson to Seaham Red Star but many new faces are coming in, some with Northern League experience, and the club are confident of a successful campaign.
Added to the ranks will be a further U14 side to take the number of teams run by Prudhoe Town to five, alongside the Wearside League club, the Sunday League side, the Women's team and the existing U14.
l Prudhoe Town will host a charity match between Virgin Media and a team from Cramlington, in aid of MacMillan Nurses.
On Thursday, August 23, at 7.30pm, over 100 people are expected to shout on the teams participating in the second annual fundraiser.
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This week in... 1972
Friday, December 15, 1972...STAFF at five hospitals in the Tynedale area walked out during a strike over pay.
Hexham General, Hexham War Memorial, Haltwhistle War Memorial, Wooley Sanatorium and Prudhoe hospitals, were all affected after the National Union of Public Employees called out their members.
Ancillary staff, including porters, cooks, telephone operators and boilermen joined the 12-hour stoppage with some NUPE members taking part in a protest march in Newcastle.


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Not a Revolution.
In the media, if not in other segments of American life, the 1960s were a decade of consolidation, not revolution. After the radical change brought about by television in the 1950s, the next decade was consumed with evolutionary change as television and radio broadcasters, newspaper and magazine publishers, and the general public attempted to come to terms with the revolution they had made in the previous decade.
Technical Problems.
The television industry saw two new technological wrinkles come into widespread use, but neither was a new idea. By the end of the decade the majority of programs were broadcast in color, even if in 1967 only 15 percent of American homes were equipped with color television. UHF-band broadcasting was also given the regulatory go-ahead, though it was still looked down upon as a poor substitute for VHF broadcasting.
Content, or the Lack Thereof.
Whatever the technical format of the broadcasting, the content of the programs being shown became a center of controversy during the decade. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Newton Minow came into office in 1961 with a strong condemnation of the poor quality of most television programs. Network officials responded that they only gave the audience what it wanted. And it apparently did...
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The Students @ Work program is designed to support supervisors in facilitating student employees' reflection on their experiences in order to help students integrate and apply what they are learning on the job and in the classroom to their future career.
While supervisors routinely converse with students on daily work assignments, they can be key contributors toward helping students connect the dots between not only "work and school" but work and future career aspirations.
The Students @ Work program utilizes a conversation format to guide dialogue between student employees and supervisors in order to help students:
On average, 75% of all college students are employed while taking classes. Studies show that students who work on campus 20 hours or less each week actually do better academically than those students who work off campus or do not work at all.
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As a supervisor, the satisfaction of being a role model and sharing one's expertise, insight and passion with young professionals can be very rewarding. Supervisors help to empower students to be the best they can be, and in return, supervisors benefit from improved morale and appreciative student staff who will flourish at the university.
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All bloggers encounter that ever-present stumbling block to consistent posting (and, one hopes, universal acclaim): Real Life. Just when I was looking forward to writing a steady stream of updates, I find out that my new semester's schedule makes it impossible to commit to anything new or vaguely interesting.
Now I'm confronted with the choice of (a) leaving you high and dry, with stagnant RSS feeds, or (b) writing as many posts as I can manage over the remainder of the holiday, to be published at regular intervals. So what say you, dear readers?
Another thing that's been worrying me is blog content. I know we started A Plus B in the Sea focusing on fashion riffs on our favourite movies and books (boy, do I miss our Play Pretend series) but lately posts have been rather random. In fact, B mentioned that we're so close to turning into a travel blog without enough Manila. That was pretty frightening, the realisation that one might have lost one's way. Ships drifting off course and all that.
Or is it? Is it losing one's way or simply finding a new one? I know, I know, 'way existential', especially after recovering from jet lag.
But seriously, what are your thoughts on the topic of evolving blog content? What do you miss about A Plus B in the Sea t-minus two years, perhaps something we can get back? What would you like to see on our blog in the future? Lifestyle (easier to write) or travel (harder) diurnals or a return to 'fashion'?
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Police on Wednesday arrested two halfway house inmates after catching them allegedly trying to steal copper from a vacant house on Hilton Avenue.
Justin Gilbert and Robert Vick were lodged in the Boyd County Detention Center, both charged with second-degree burglary, according to the Ashland Police Department.
Neither man's age was immediately available. The APD said both had been residing at the Transitions Inc. halfway house in Ashland and have "extensive" criminal histories.
The APD said it was contacted at 10:50 a.m. by King's Daughters Medical Center security with a report of two men entering a vacant residence in the 2200 block of Hilton. When officers arrived, they smelled smoke, entered the house and found the suspects hiding in the attic.
A search of the house revealed Vick and Gilbert were in the process of stripping it of copper wiring and plumbing, the APD said.
Neither Gilbert not Vick were listed in the Kentucky Online Offender Lookup system, so details of their prior convictions were not immediately available.
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It's Thursday and I'm going on vacation tomorrow (sorry to rub it in!. Hopefully, I'll be productive today…but I'm not making any promises. I'm so excited I kinda can't stand it but I'm even more pumped to share today's real wedding with you all. Yesterday we featured Peter + Nicole's rustic Cotton Dock Rehearsal Dinner and today we're following it up with their winter wedding that I'm pretty sure you're going to fall in love with. Once again, Peter + Nicole enlisted the talents of The Daniels and Eventa Bella and, no surprise, they did not disappoint. The couple hosted their guests for an evening of live music by Charleston favorite, Plane Jane, at the picturesque Pepper Plantation,. It was the perfect backdrop for Nicole's rustic pewter color palette, cozy lighting and of course, some cowboy boots!
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by John Lee
The reporting of Tony Abbott's speech on Tuesday to AustCham in Beijing by China's state-owned press was filled with platitudes about strengthening co-operation between the two countries.
Predictably, official news outlets such as Xinhua left out some of the Opposition Leader's more confronting statements such as the one that China would prosper even more if "its people enjoyed freedom under the law and the right to choose a government".
Bold comment on the values of other governments will leave some former diplomats fretting and tut-tutting about disrespecting our largest trading partner.
But focusing on values also matters for other reasons. Whether Abbott knows it or not, he is simply reaffirming what many prominent Chinese economists are already saying about what the country needs to do to build a surer foundation for further prosperity.
Although huge in absolute size, China is still a poor country. With a per capita income of about $US7500 ($7330), it ranks just inside the top 100 countries on this measurement. History tells us that few countries will make the transition from poverty to prosperity without major reforms.
The first step is to ensure the continuation of economic growth. The problem is that this can be achieved only through significant reform of China's state-dominated economy. For example, the country's 150,000 centrally and locally managed state-owned enterprises receive about three-quarters of all formal bank loans in the country, while the four to five million domestic private firms are forced to fight for the scraps.
Moreover, every major sector except for export manufacturing is dominated by SOEs. In 2010, the largest three SOEs (PetroChina, China Mobile and China National Petroleum) made more profits than the combined profits of the country's largest 500 private domestic firms. The bias towards SOEs exists despite the fact that private domestic firms are two to three times more efficient on any number of credible commercial measurements such as return on capital, profit margins and return on assets. Putting more and more national wealth into less and less efficient firms is clearly an unsustainable strategy.
Economic growth matters primarily because it improves the lives of its citizens. But dividing annual national output by the number of people gives no indication of how wealth is actually distributed throughout the country. In China's state-dominated economy, revenues of SOEs have been rising at an average of 20-30 per cent each year since the 1990s (when the state-dominated model re-emerged). It is estimated that half of all domestic savings in the country's financial system are deposited by SOEs.
In contrast, mean household incomes have been rising by 2-3 per cent a year over the same period. Studies are now suggesting that the disposable income of 400 million Chinese has actually stagnated or gone backwards over the past decade. Other indicators reveal that absolute poverty (those living on less than $US1.50 a day) has actually increased over the same period. Currently, more than half of the country is still living on $US2 a day or less.
The bottom line is that across-the-board incomes have not been rising at anywhere near the same rates as growth in gross domestic product - an exact reverse of what occurred from 1979-89, when the household rather than state sector drove economic activity and growth.
Within one generation, China has gone from being the most equal society in all of Asia, in terms of distribution of income, to the least. In China's state-dominated model, opportunity and privilege are tied to SOE and Chinese Communist Party connections. Of the CCP's 80-85 million members, four-fifths are the business elites, and those joining are upfront about the fact that they do so to gain access to opportunities that they would otherwise be precluded from. Unsurprisingly, Chinese elites have emerged as the strongest supporters of the one-party system.
The upshot is that a relatively small number of well-connected insiders benefit at the expense of the majority. It also means that the much-hyped transition towards a domestic consumption-led economy driving growth is all-but impossible under these circumstances.
The clear solution is for SOEs to take a back seat in the economy, allowing the country's fledging private sector to drive the next stage of development. This is what occurred in the once authoritarian systems in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan during their transition from middle to high-income, advanced economies.
As we know, the rise of an independently wealthy and powerful middle class in these countries eventually put enforceable legal limits on the power of political officials, and paved the way for democratic reforms to occur.
For China, its state-dominated approach to capitalism arose after a reflective period for the CCP after the 1989 countrywide riots, and the fall of authoritarian regimes in the former Soviet Union and in eastern Europe.
The emergence of the Chinese corporate state was gradually cobbled together to ensure that the CCP remains the primary dispenser of business, career, professional and even social opportunity in the country, thereby tying the futures of new and existing elites with that of the party.
The CCP's record of three decades of economic growth, albeit from a very low base, is impressive. But many Chinese economists, and even some political officials, are increasingly voicing their concern that such a political-economic model, despite its impressive achievements, is reaching its limits. Perhaps Abbott has moved a few steps faster than diplomatic protocol demands, but his comments have nevertheless hit the mark.
John Lee is a Hudson Institute Visiting Fellow and an Adjunct Associate Professor and Michael Hintze Fellow for Energy Security at the Centre for International Security Studies, Sydney University. He is the author of Will China Fail? (CIS, 2008).
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The Provo Linux Users Group welcomes everyone with an interest in Linux and Free/Open Source Software. Most of our members live in, or near, Utah valley. There is no membership fee. The only membership requirement is active participation.
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