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2010-08-08 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by miscellaneous 2010-08-08 12:58|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 the Chinese are avid students of their own history

Bully for them.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-08-08 14:03|| 2010-08-08 14:03|| Front Page Top

#2 "the Chinese are avid students of their own history"

Mao's version, or the actual one?

"[T]here is much corruption in the government, the military and even the universities. This has created a growing number of unhappy [citizens], and they have a lot of unemployed (often because of corruption) college graduates, and people who are cheated and exploited by corrupt officials on a regular basis, talking about change."

Well, I think the Chinese do drink a lot of tea....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-08-08 14:29|| 2010-08-08 14:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Right on Barb Skolaut. Saddam did the same and look how his military did. O is doing the same thing. They put people in place that can't make the whole system work. They hire or appoint those who may have no skill but have family, friend or payoff connection.I don't understand why the riots, real estate collapse and many other problems are not covered on China. Toxic asset problem is far worse than ours had been. Over built complexes that sit empty now. They print money as needed but that it will come home to roost. Now I'll read the news post.

Posted by Dale 2010-08-08 15:54|| 2010-08-08 15:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Spot on as HDYL said. This is good reporting of the truth. Russia is the real power. Only if they can hold it together but with all the different peoples and Islam moving in that will be difficult. I would not want Russia strong in this world as they will always be causing trouble.

Posted by Dale 2010-08-08 16:02|| 2010-08-08 16:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Real estate bubble here it is;

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,709688,00.html

Posted by Dale 2010-08-08 16:07|| 2010-08-08 16:07|| Front Page Top

#6 The only thing that keeps quality up among counterfeiters is the domestic market, which will stop buying if the fake is absolute crap.

Ridiculous. The only no no is making products that hurt people (quickly, as opposed to lead poisoning which is slow). That's bad for business, and as such it is quickly and reliably punished.

Posted by Iblis 2010-08-08 16:24|| 2010-08-08 16:24|| Front Page Top

#7 ION CATHAY, CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > CHINA'S "BRAIN DRAIN" DILEMMA: ELITE EMIGRATION. Highly educated + trained Industry, Techs, + Business Chin desire to leave China for better international propsects, whilst only 25% of Chin students overseas choose to return back to China.

* PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > CHINA OPPOSES VIETNAM'S ACCUSATIONS ON ISLANDS [South China Sea].

* SAME > CHINA BUILDS ITS FIRST ANTI-CARRIER ASBM BASE [Guandong Province in SE China for DF-21C ASBMS + possibly future new DF-21D's].

ARTIC = CHINA has declared the disputed SOUTH CHINA SEAS [SCS] to be in its "Core Interest", + Chin State Medias are proclaiming or describing the SCS to be sovereign CHINESE TERRITORY.

* WMF > CHINESE CPLA EXPERT DAI XU: DESPITE THE END OF THE US-SOVIET COLD WAR THE US ONLY INCREASED ITS EFFORTS TO ISOLATE, CONTAIN CHINA WITHIN THE NATURAL BARRIERS OF THE "FIRST ISLAND CHAIN". RISING CHINA IS GEOPOL UNEASY DESPITE RECOGNIZING ITS NEED TO RESTORE ITS ANCIENT OR HISTORICAL ACCESS INTO THE PACIFIC + INDIAN OCEANS. THE WESTERN PACIFIC/WESTPAC AS THE DECISIVE "PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMBOL" OF THE US-CHINA GLOBAL STRUGGLE. POST-COLD WAR RUSSIA AS ALLY OF THE US TO DEFEAT CHINA.

* WMF > CHINA'S DIPLOMATIC ACTIONS VEE THE "CHEONAN" AFFAIR/MIL INCIDENT SUGGESTS IT MAY BE WILLING TO ALLOW THE US TO TRY ITS HAND AT ENDING THE PERENNIAL IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT, ETC. BETWEEN NORTH + SOUTH KOREA.

* WMF > VIETNAM IS GOING THE WAY OF ISLAMIST IRAN: MIL-INFERIOR VIETNAM DESIRES TO SECRETLY DEV POTENT NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN ORDER TO CHALLENGE, RECOVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS ISLANDS FROM CHINA. US-Viet nuclear deal.

* YOUNG ACTIVE-DUTY VIETNAMESE MIL OFFICER: THE INTEGRATION OR UNIFICATION OF VIETNAM + CHINA INTO ONE COUNTRY MAY BE A GOOD THING FOR BOTH COUNTRIES. SINO-VIET RESOURCES + REFORMS-SHARING, + THE END TO THE SINO-VIET DISPUTE OER THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS.

Read, CHINA = BEIJING would control or dominate because Chin is larger + Nuclear.

* WMF > VIETNAMESE SOCIALISM, NATIONALISM + ECON SOVEREIGNTY CANNOT BE SEPARATE FROM THAT OF CHINA. THE SUCCESS OR FAILURES OF VIETNAM'S
"THREE PRIORITES" OF ECON DEV/MODERNIZATION, PEACEFUL EVOLUTION, + DEFENSE OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY + INTERESTS [South China Seas] IS CLOSELY LINKED TO CHINA'S SECURITY.

* WMF > THE US PLAN IS TO DESTABILIZE AND DISMEMBER CHINA + ASIA: THE DAY AFTER US MISSLE DEFENSE PROVES IT IS ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY BLOCK OR DESTROY AN ENEMY'S NUCLEAR ICBM ATTACK(S) WILL HERALD/MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE BREAKUP OF CHINA + ASIA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-08-08 22:21|| 2010-08-08 22:21|| Front Page Top

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