Accept the Rules and Game Starts
"...in the demand for these kinds of interactive entertainment goods,people reveal that they are willing to pay money to be constrained."
Abstract, ON VIRTUAL ECONOMIES, EDWARD CASTRONOVA, 2002.Before they can start a game, all the players must make up a set ofrules. It might be a long, difficult, boring process, but even moreimportant than the game itself. As a matter of fact, it is the rulesthat absorb the players. And there is hardly a Game Theory which refuseto agree that the key elements of a game is the rule set and playersunder it. As is quoted, people are willing to pay for rules whileplaying online games. Nobody could imagine that the core of online gameindustry is no more than a rule set, which is perfectly decorated by3-D effects, textures and sounds.
It is the 3rd year since China gained the entry of WTO. WTO performs asa great rule set which regulate the boundaries of international trade.It took a long time for China to negotiate with U.S. and Europe andother WTO members, because they believed the WTO rules were too strictfor China's economy, more self-interestedly and substantially, theywere afraid of the potential power from the hidden dragon.
2004 was not a peaceful year. Iraq was still a burning edge. Arafatdied. Bush won for what is called "Moral Values". Bush, the one who hasbeen dedicated to "hurt" America, always tries to find some excuse forhis funny mistake. China was the first target. The WhiteHousepolitical-economist acclaimed that China is dumping to U.S. withoutglobal responsibility. But it is not a "Moral Values" statement thistime. Thomas Rawski, professor of economics and history at theUniversity of Pittsburgh, suggests that China’s economicdevelopment in many ways poses an opportunity for the United States.“It’s not that the benefits are unalloyed. Wheneverwe havechanges in the economic structure, some parties are hurt. If the sun isshining, people can’t sell umbrellas. So should we say thatthesun poses a threat to the economybecause umbrella sellers performpoorly? This is the sort of discussion we are having in our publicarena.” WTO has its rules,China earned its entry at the cost ofacceptance of the rule. Trade is always a matter of "contract", whichis another name of "rules".
We would never attend a game under no rules, or bad rules. That is abasicknowledge. For China, to master the international rules as quick aspossible is highly urgent. And for the U.S. Publicans, they shouldalter their oldish view about China and the world, and even UnitedStates.
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