China is a rising power, first economy, then
military.
A china which try to enter the world is
better than a china that is closed. A china that wants to be heard
is better than a china who does give a shit.
China has shown in the past that it would build
nuclear weapon while many of its people suffer in hunger. India is
no difference. A China which feels it can rely on conventional
forces to protect its sovereignty is better than a china which
always threaten to use nuclear weapon as deterrent.
The fact remains, China is becoming more
powerful. A balance of power in the region cannot be achieved by
weakening China!! Its need to protect its sea lanes for secured oil
supplies, among other things, is becoming more legitimate. Its
determination and means to protect its sovereignty with forces
is now stronger. It will not allow history in the early
1900's, where china was torn apart by western powers, to
repeat itself. Not only is the government like that, the
people are also like that. This is something the american should
recognized.
While singapore is still looking for a
Singaporean identity, for years, people in China already consider
themselves Chinese, despite their ancestry ethnicity of Hans,
Manchurian, Mongolian..... If americans are considered racist
if they segregating the white, the black, the asian, the Hispanic,
why should they look at chinese in different ethnicities?
double standard, what else.
The brits bought the lease of HK for 150 years
with opinium and china honored it, why should china want to use
force on taiwan for reunification?? who can ensure the safety of
taiwan, with over 1 million taiwanese working in mainland
china and their families in taiwan? Everybody knows that
trouble between china and Taiwan is bad for the region. It is just
how far will Taiwan allow themselves to be used as a leverage for
their own benefit. It is a joke to think that with a few more
squadrons of jets and helicopters, taiwan can build any deterrent
against China.
China opened up its economy, political
liberalization is a matter of time. It is up to the Chinese
themselves to decide the pace for such liberalization, and what
system they deem suitable. It is not the business of
outsiders.
Think about it, if your friend is getting better
and stronger, would you be afraid? I guess no. Any sleepless night
will be out of jealousy, any fear will be out of ignorance. Its
about time the American learn to make friends, CCCP is long
gone.