[Toddsterpatriot]

I'm mostly saying that folks who contend that China has no way to get masses of troops across the pacific is conveniently forgetting their creativity, inventiveness

Really? What have the Chicoms created/invented lately? Say in the last 50 years?

[Quix]

I'm a bit sorry, I'm not likely to give you a preferred response. The tone is . . . welll anyway . . .

The Chinese CAN BE quite inventive in a list of ways. Living there, it's obvious.

Certainly they've lived handsomely off our creativity. But they are certainly artists at making something shabby look polished and pristine.

They are artists at MAKING DO.

Paper, gun powder, printing, paper money, rocketry, etc. were inventions they didn't exactly develop well centuries ago--but they are fair hints at their creativity.

It's not wise or realitistic to be smug and haughty about Chinese inventivenes.

imho.