State and Democracy (was Re: Who Killed Vincent Chin?)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Doug:
>>What do "strong nation-states" -- their character, effects of their
>>presence, effects of their absence, etc. -- exactly mean _in concrete
>>terms, outside the capitalist core_?
>
>I was referring very specifically to Nazi Germany and the present
>Chinese regime.

Nazi Germany was inside the capitalist core, so it falls out of the scope
of my question above.  Now, what is the present Chinese regime like _in
concrete terms_?  Would the Chinese masses have more democracy if the
Chinese state ceased to exist, or at least become significantly "weaker,"
_under the present domestic and international conditions_?  (Also, what
does it mean to have a "weak nation-state" in concrete terms?)  If so, why?
If not, why not?

Yoshie