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What's not to like about him? I wonder ... - He looks like a panda with these rims. How many heads of state can claim resemblance with a national mascot? - He shut down 《世界经济导报》, which was my personal 启蒙读物 at...

I have zero knowledge in the particulars of what you speak of. However, from the sound of it, your prof at least had a good run and a decent "fall back" option that many other "entrepreneurs" can never dream of. The point is not to pick a path based on "expediency". But one should go into...

You are probably correct that all far-sighted governments of a certain size have to do that. But the problem is still where lies the shut-off valve beyond which point you got this self-perpetuating MIC where weapons have to be churned out to keep people working. Amrika does it quite well -...

Truer words have not been spoken. But historically speaking "pure scientific endeavours" have never paid a mint and more often than not, turned on the whims and fortunes of some wealthy patrons/widows in one way or another. There is always - not sure I got the right buzzword - the prospect...

Now you are going from below freezing to below the belt. Can't you see I am trying to mend my ways? Why? You have a problem with people learning the art of "diplomacy" from our new age sensai the "dragon"? Nooooooo ... you don't say! Are you sure? Many here were starting to think ... now...

Frankly Speeder you are somewhat "old skool", too, even though I seldom see eye to eye with you ... Lamb Vindaloo with Naan ... and you darn well know I eat some curry everyday! We'd been down this road before ...

Haha ... no one can accuse you of not being perceptive, my friend. The truth - nothing but the truth is that Below_Freezing and I go way back - to the first days that he showed up here. We don't hide from the world that I disagree with him more often than not these days, particularly since he...

Stephen King, uh? Pity I don't read much ... But I am grateful since it could be worse ... you could've cast me as some "freak" from some "Twilight Series" that you and your gf/bf lined up at dawn to watch/buy ... I was almost positive you were some teenybopper from some preppy ol' HK...

Well, well - I thought I was rude. What did you have for breakfast, freezing? Hysteria rarely buttresses one's argument. MasterKhan was not too far off the mark I am afraid on certain historical broad strokes - except I agree that he erred gravely in reckoning that China considers Mongolia as...

Mikey, Mikey, let's not get touchy. I apologize if you feel that I somehow belittled a degree in high finance. It ain't so my friend. You see the current rule of thumb is that if someone "misbehaves", it must the fault of his childhood ... In my case, you must blame Shanghai, and not me...

Actually I stand corrected. I was just doing my google diligence on this "Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty" as Toxie Pusy brought it up. It strikes me as some highly fishy, inherently "discriminatory", albeit somewhat well-intentioned concept... Amrika itself was opposed to it not that long...

So what if I like being "ridiculous"? Just because it's summer recess and pupils like you get to run amok 24/7, doesn't mean I adhere to the same schedule. I am here periodically and I will take up threads where it was left off periodically and sometimes sporadically. Who are you to decide...

That might work for Singapore, an enclave nation not unlike the UAE, whose national "value" is directly tied to the quantity and quality of foreign assets it holds. But the second part of your statement cuts to the meat of the matter. Why should the PRC "buy" useless assets in the US to...

Stop talking about "first strikes" like you know anything - as I said before, just wearing the insignia of PLA GAD does not put you among the ranks of the 1% of decision makers. I'll tell you who were the real grave diggers to the former Japanese Empire - their over-zealous...

So that's what it's all about. Amrika knows better than any that Pakistan has a dire energy need. They are just upping the ante to extract a certain "commitment" ... So it looks to me that Madame Clinton is all but making it explicit that "if you sign the 'fissile material cut-off agreement'...

Now onto the messenger himself. I am inclined to give him the benefit of doubt. It's not clear if he is truly endorsing this "we prefer failed states over weak ones, and therefore let's make the weak ones fail" line of thinking ... But at the minimum he is dispensing a warning on behalf of...

Thanks for linking the above. I never actually read it before but did so now. My dad was (still is?) a fan of him and was recommending one of his books to people ... However, enough about the messenger. As someone said, what about the message? The message is one tangential endorsement...

Look, before a country can be "wise" enough to shrug off others when shrugging off is all that is called-for, first its people should learn to ignore fools in an international forum - unless such fools wear your own colour. Let this Amidiot indulge in his hysteria ... honestly why even heed...

"White man" (I use it loosely and somewhat figuratively)'s double standard is no reason not to have any standard. Even the Saudi monach concedes that time changes, albeit more slowly for some than for others. Anyways, your point and sarcasm register ... No, not even the CCP can claim the...

I don't see what the fascination and commotions are here. Not that long ago some cut-throat bounty hunters would kill and scalp an Apache or two for cold hard cash. Today a member of the foreign legion of the British army cuts off the head of some insurgent so that 10 years later he and his...