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| The Chinese Respect The Monroe Doctrine |
| 2006-02-08 |
| While the Chinese get blamed for having an adventurous foreign policy, they are actually quite prudent. The Chinese often turn down opportunities to get their weapons, or troops (as trainers, advisors, or whatever) into distant lands. A recent example of this occurred when leftist Evo Morales, the newly elected president of Bolivia, visited China. He made a big pitch for significant aid, apparently invoking revolutionary rhetoric about " fighting the Imperialists." The Chinese made polite noises, promised some aid, and did not commit themselves. This seems to be in keeping with recent Chinese policy, to be publicly somewhat distant from the US, but to support its actions – or at least not oppose them – when it comes to real issues. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 Trust China as far as you can throw it. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-02-08 22:28 |
| #6 Just a ploy. This is to cover their own claim over their "sphere of influence" - and to tell us to butt out when they make their moves to subjugate others. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-08 20:42 |
| #5 That sounds pretty close to right, Joe. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2006-02-08 20:37 |
| #4 The CCP/CCCC is still experimenting with Commie-controlled Fascism, eg managed capitalism, "Communist Capitalism", etc. Chavez demand for a "Million Man" Army to resist alleged US invasion-imperialism is likely too risque' for the Chicoms to tolerate its Stalinist bureaucrats and Army-controlled companies getting too [locally] wealthy and laissez faire. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-02-08 19:52 |
| #3 I just realized, the word I was looking for was "cul-de-sac." |
| Posted by: Phil 2006-02-08 19:02 |
| #2 Is there a Pulitzer for "most optimistic headline of the year"? |
| Posted by: Grunter 2006-02-08 18:53 |
| #1 Well, Bolivia is kinda-sorta like Afghanistan, in the big global strategic picture. It's poor, it's landlocked, it's hard to get to, and there's no infrastructure to speak of. They don't get anything from backing Morales even if they did. There's some natural gas there, but Morales is going to screw up _that_ industry whether they back him or not. And unlike Venezuela, even if they did set up there, it's not like they could actually transport the gas out of the country; there aren't any pipelines going to the pacific. The last I heard they cancelled the one that would have gone to Chile. |
| Posted by: Phil 2006-02-08 18:26 |