That is PRECISELY what bothers me about them. They think the
world owes them. OK, maybe the western powers exploited them in the
past, but hey, its they who were bu zheng qi in the first place. During
the communist period, they fell behind not because of others, but
because of themselves.
Now, China is stirring up the nationalistic feelings of its people.
You shpuld look at them, they are blinded by it. I went to China
the last time and got my hands on a few of their military journals.
They were a total joke, talking as if the JSF and the Raptor could
be defeated by their J-10s without much effort, and saying how
their invincible combination of J-10s and SU-30MKKs will rip the
ROKAF and USN to shreds. Yeah, right, as if they are not trying
desperately to get their grubby fingers on the F-22's blueprints
right now so that they can do what they do best - reverse
engineering other people's work...
Combine the feeling that the world owes them something and their
Nationalism, and you have a very dangerous concoction. Look at them
now. They seem to be on a land grabbing spree. They want the
Spratlys, they want the Himalayas, they got Tibet, they want
Taiwan, they are now thinking that part of Korea was once
theirs.... I tell you, for all they blame Japan about the
atrocities committed during WW2, it is not inconceivable that one
day China could follow the exact same footpath of Japan.
And personally, most of all, I detest their BOASTING. I mean,
everybody knows that its a rising power, but it ain't no superpower
yet, unlike a hyperpower like the US. So if they'll just quit
trying to remind us (and the world) every chance they get that they
are a superpower, maybe i'll like them a wee bit better.
