Uh huh. Tell that to the Falun Gong. Tell that to the residents of the Lao Gai. Tell that to the vanished heros of Tianenmen. You must be blind.
And finally, China may be our adversary in many ways, certainly our economic competitor, but in no way is she our enemy.
Oh, for heaven's sake! What will it take to wake you up, an atomic strike at LA? Why do you think China is devoting so much of its GNP toward a military buildup? The parallel between 2006 China and 1936 Japan is chilling.
Everything to me may look like a nail, but to a blind man, everything looks kind of blank.
I once felt like you, until I actually lived in Taiwan and traveled through China. The Falun Gong are a cult. And while we suffer cults here in the US, it is unfair to demand that China do so as well. Regarding Tianenmen, it was a tragedy, no doubt. But 10 years prior to 1989, there never would have been such a tragedy because the first to sit down would have been hauled away and imprisoned or executed.
If you don't believe that China has made tremendous progress over the past 30 years, then you are the one who needs glasses--really good glasses. And as far as your atomic strike fantasy, you may need meds as well.