Thursday, July 21, 2005
Tigers, Pawns, and Queens
"If the Americans are determined to interfere, then we will be determined to respond,' he said. 'We Chinese will prepare ourselves for the destruction of all the cities east of Xian. Of course the Americans will have to be prepared that hundreds of cities will be destroyed by the Chinese.'":
The beloved leader Chairman Mao, bringer of prosperity, happiness, and the 7 years of plenty, once said something to the effect that there will always be Chinese. This was in response to a question regarding the United State's superior war making capabilities. 1.2 billion people is ALOT and now that China's got the bomb, irrelevant.
My cousin just returned from a stay of several years in China. His ideas on Taiwan: 1) China is a hegemon, especially with regard to its Asian neighbors. Taiwan is nothing more to us than a rook. Japan and England are our Queens. God save the Queens: Sorry Taiwan, we now view your separation from the mainland as a regional and internal matter.
The beloved leader Chairman Mao, bringer of prosperity, happiness, and the 7 years of plenty, once said something to the effect that there will always be Chinese. This was in response to a question regarding the United State's superior war making capabilities. 1.2 billion people is ALOT and now that China's got the bomb, irrelevant.
My cousin just returned from a stay of several years in China. His ideas on Taiwan: 1) China is a hegemon, especially with regard to its Asian neighbors. Taiwan is nothing more to us than a rook. Japan and England are our Queens. God save the Queens: Sorry Taiwan, we now view your separation from the mainland as a regional and internal matter.
# posted by W. : 9:19 AM
