[Tainan]

Folks can piss & moan about "un-civil" language all they want; but I'll you the facts...China/PRC/CCP is saying exactly the same thing about the U.S.A. right now.

In their opinion the U.S.A. is a paper tiger whose time has passed and is ripe for the plucking. They are amazed that it has been such an easy ride. Although they are u[pset about the drop in the US$ - Be prepared for their move to make the Yuan the currency of the world.

The Chinese/PRC/CCP are a bunch of hard-asses who have a mission to get everything they can for the Chinese. Manners be damned.

Civility and manners mean less than spit to this group. They respect strength and a hard line. Nothing else.

You have to remember - most of these people are only 1 generation away from poverty that made Appalachia look like a vacation spot. They remember that and will do whatever it takes to continue on their "Glorious March."

[miss marmelstein]

Oops! You said “hard-assed.” Polite freepers are running for the smelling salts!

[dennisw]

Thanks for laying out the ChiCom’s attitude towards the United States. I don’t like them but I didn’t think it was that bad. That was the ChiCom honchos.

Take a Chinese businessman who is selling a lot into the United States. What does he think about America? What does FoxConn think about Apple? They assemble the iPad while Apple makes the big profits. Do you think they are stealing Apple blind at this very moment on the technology so the Chinese can come out with an iPad clone?