To: Robert DeLong
[Then he ends it all saying he hopes China will change themselves.]
The unstated theme, for a guy like him who knows everything there is to know about Chinese history, is that he hopes that change will be in a direction that is advantageous for US interests. Change is endemic to all civilizations and China is no exception, having gone through thousands of years of tumultuous changes. In the realm of change, the 20th century pales compared to the 19th, during which China may have lost as much as 1/4 of its population in the course of multiple large scale revolts.
37 posted on
12/08/2019 6:17:37 PM PST by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: Zhang Fei
Yeah, but it was still an ironic end to his interview. 8>)
But I really enjoyed it. The truth is though most countries do not change on their own. Russia did, and the U.S. may end up doing the same. But the list of those who did is quite short, I'm sure. I don't see China adding its name to that list. 8>)
To: Zhang Fei
The difference is nukes.
I just can’t think a feudal regime wouldn’t use them to defend itself.
It’s like “Newtonian” and “Einsteinian” physics, in the nuclear realm one doesn’t apply.
47 posted on
12/08/2019 6:45:51 PM PST by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: Zhang Fei
The PLA itself is not a monolith, correct?
59 posted on
12/08/2019 9:23:50 PM PST by
Paul R.
(The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling.)
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