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To: Dark Skies
A lot of wishful thinking here. I hope he's right, but I doubt he is. The Chicoms have an economy, unlike the Soviets. This should keep them afloat for a while. Plus, we seem to enjoy funding and arming them.
4 posted on 03/09/2006 6:14:09 AM PST by satchmodog9 (Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
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To: satchmodog9

My dad, who spent many years in China and Asia, always predicted China would not remain Communist for long. The Chinese have been bankers, traders and brokers for generations, unlike the Russians who are suspicious of "profit."


5 posted on 03/09/2006 6:26:03 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: satchmodog9
A lot of wishful thinking here. I hope he's right, but I doubt he is.

If Chang is indulging in wishfulness, he certainly seems to be tempering it.

I think this is worth highlighting:

. . . China will one day be a constructive participant in world affairs.

But it is not one today. Our policy is the grandest wager in history. We are hoping to make China a more responsible power. So far, all we have done is make it a more powerful one. We may not be creating the next Soviet Union, but we are nonetheless enabling a country that now considers us a foe. Today, China is the primary obstacle to disarming North Korea, is one of the main supporters of Iran's nuclear weapons program, is a friend of most every reprehensible regime on the planet, is the world's master proliferator of nuke technology, and is the only country that actively plans to kill Americans.

Our government seeks to engage China, which means that Washington is not willing to talk honestly about that country's behavior. Today, we overlook, ignore, and sugarcoat.  . . . We are playing an enormously dangerous game, and we seldom talk about the risks.

 


6 posted on 03/09/2006 6:28:51 AM PST by Racehorse (Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
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To: satchmodog9
We don't need gloom and doom. Change sometimes can happen overnight.
11 posted on 03/09/2006 7:16:07 AM PST by Kuehn12 (Kuehn12)
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To: satchmodog9

During much of the 1930s, many considered Hitler to be just this sort of eccentric and iconoclastic strong man. Today, the same sorts of folks play down the rise of the PRC and SCO.


28 posted on 03/09/2006 5:12:02 PM PST by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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