06-15-2005, 01:54 AM
Occhidiangela,Jun 14 2005, 08:37 PM Wrote:China are NOT our friends. We may, however, make a lot of money off of each other in the short term. In China time, in the long term, there is rivalry. It may or may not result in war, but there will be a power struggle.
If you don't get that, I can't help you.
Occhi
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You can always hope they implode. ;) They do keep rather a lot of their citizenry in economic serfdom. And they are polluting their section of the planet at a remarkably fast clip. Beijing's air pollution is as bad as Victorian London's was.
And, in the short run, we are all hoping they help put the brakes on North Korea, aren't we? Or would that little game of brinkmanship help the Chinese government more than hurt them?
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake