Chinese Nationalism

Chinese Nationalism and Tibet | Newsweek The Council on Foreign Relations | Newsweek.com

This is good reading, but I don't know enough about Chinese history to know if this is bias or not. It's too easy to pick and choose historic events to make your point.

The reads as if the Chinese government if just doing the best it can to move the country forward.

I support the right of the Chinese people to demonstrate against American or French actions, I just wish they had the same right to demonstrate against their OWN Government's actions without being shot. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Why Do Palestinians Get Much More Attention than Tibetans?

Why? indeed....

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Why Do Palestinians Get Much More Attention than Tibetans? [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Olympic Gag Order

The British have to sign this, All I can say is that I'm glad the US did not force our athletes to sign something like this. If China wants to play on the world's stage, it needs to either defend or change it actions. And we all know CHANGE is what is needed.

Britain kow tows to China as athletes are forced to sign no criticism contracts | the Daily Mail [This Post Continues after the jump...]

China's Military Growth A Concern

FOXNews.com - Pentagon Report Says China's January Missile Test on Satellite, Other Actions Cause for Concern - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum

America is powerful, but we are too dependent on an high-tech edge, and we can be surprised too easily. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

St. Lucia Opens Ties With Taiwan

"The Mouse That Roared" !!!

If only the US would do this also. We went to war in Iraq partially to make it a free democracy, but we don't officially recognize Taiwan which is an established and strong democracy. I don' get it. Now I realize we "unofficially" do a lot for Taiwan, and I think we are required by law to come to Taiwan's aid if they are attacked. But there is a lot of meaning and power in officially recognizing the fact that they are free and independent from China.

FOXNews.com - St. Lucia Denounced by China for Diplomatic Ties With Taiwan - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News [This Post Continues after the jump...]

China Will Pass U.S. As Polluter in 2007

2.5 years ahead of schedule!!

But hey, China DID sign Kyoto (so they're a "green" country), but so would have the US if we were exempt too!

They can put a man in space, they are hosting the Olympics in 2008, they have Veto ower at the UN, and they can shoot down spy satellites, but hey they're just a "Developing Nation" so give them a break, right?

Report: China Will Pass U.S. As Polluter [This Post Continues after the jump...]

U.S. Knew of China’s Missile Test, but Kept Silent

Well, this makes me feel a little better.... at least we knew ahead of time.

U.S. Knew of China’s Missile Test, but Kept Silent - New York Times [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Taiwan may plan missiles to strike China

Taiwan shows model missiles to strike China | International News | Reuters.com

The world will be lucky if this China/Taiwan issues doesn't escalate into a full war. The world needs to recognize that Taiwan is separate and has been for decades [This Post Continues after the jump...]

In China, Talk of Democracy Is Simply That

In China, Talk of Democracy Is Simply That - New York Times

The state-run news media’s newly prolific references to democracy to describe a range of prosaic political actions — like setting up an e-mail address so that the public can comment on pending legislation — so devalue the term that critics of the leadership suspect that Mr. Hu’s goal may be to strip democracy of meaning.

“They want democracy to belong to the party, not to belong to people who oppose the party,” said one retired party official who declined to be identified because top leaders sometimes punish people for discussing elite politics. “If the party can define what democracy is, then it will not be as dangerous.”

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Premier Says World Should Not Fear China

Premier Says World Should Not Fear China

"In my view, democracy, the rule of law, freedom, human rights, equality, and fraternity are not something peculiar to capitalism, Wen said

Yes, but Democracy IS peculiar to Democracy. China cannot be a non-democratic democracy. You cannot have a "one party" democracy, and typically you can't have strong state control of the economy in a democracy.

So China needs to make up its mind. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

China's Space-Weapon Test Could Endanger Astronauts and Satellites

ABC News: China's Space-Weapon Test Could Endanger Astronauts and Satellites

So what do we do about this?
China purposely caused a greater risk to everyone's satellites..
But what can we do? Not much....

Maybe we can stop buy so much cheap "made in China" stuff.. nannnaa [This Post Continues after the jump...]