[AIG]

I like Michael Pillsbury too. He is one of the "panda-huggers." Rumsfeld's changed his tune on China too by hiring Pillsbury because China's growing economic importance is not something that can be fought militarily but just has to be lived with.

[Texasforever]

China's growing economic importance is not something that can be fought militarily but just has to be lived with.

Yes but when china uses that economic importance to do what communists do naturally, don't rule out the military option.

[Miss Marple]

Tell me what happens when you have a mine disaster in China. How many men have you lost this year? What rescue operations are performed?

After you have assembled those facts, look at what was done to rescue the Pennsylvania miners.

China doesn't value its workers, and that is a prescription for disaster.

[maui_hawaii]

Pillsbury? a panda hugger? I dont think so. Call him whatever you want though. He's a realist, and doesn't seem to be one to put up with a lot of mouthy crap from Beijing.

If China was so pissed off about the Pentagon reports, and the USCC reports, the should equally be pissed off about Pillsbury's book.

Rumsfeld is a panda hugger too! He and Pillsbury are two peas in a pod.