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In the US at least it's the non-democratic Supreme Court that serves at the last guardian of civil liberty, not the "democratic" congress or president, who can be easily manipulated by "campaign contributions". While China urgently needs a judicial system that is not at the whim of CPC, it does...

That's a Su-30MKK. Just look at the engine nozzles.

"One self" as in individual American citizens, not Obama, Bush, Clinton, Democrat, or Republican, let alone China or India.

Check and balance does not necessarily mean multi-party democracy. Hong Kong had (and still has) excellent civil liberty standard manily because of judicial independence, not popular election.

Not too far-fetched. 1 out of 6 MD in the US is of East Asian descent. I presume there're just as many of South & West Asian ancestry. Tells you a lot about native-born American academic discipline (& discipline in general).

When 47% of engineers that graduated in the US in 2010 are foreign-born (neary half of those are Indians), Americans are no longer qualified for those jobs. You can't stop outsourcing when Americans don't even care about having the academic qualifications for those jobs. Instead, more and more...

Since it will serve mostly domestic/cross-Strait routes, most likely yes.:azn: Taiwanese will be the first Guinea pigs.

The Taipei Sungshan regional airport is smack in the middle of the city it doesn't need its own metro system per say. Instead, it shares a minor extension of the Taipei Metro. Personally, I think it's time to bulldoze that Sungshan junk over & divert all traffics to Taoyuan CKS international.

According to the Anglophone media, anymore who isn't part of the "Western" civilization is a male chauvinist pig. But statistics say otherwise.

Wait for the Snowy "ORLY" Owl. The $100-million-a-pop J-20 may not the most- cost-effective option for PAF.

It irks me seeing 90% of newer generation Chinese fighter powered by IMPORTED (not even license-built) Russian engines. Makes me want to shoot the entire WS-10 R&D team.

Compared to East Asians who blindly worship the West, South & West Asians show much greater ethnic pride. I wonder what contributes to this difference in attitude?

I wouldn't be surprised if Taiwan ends up buying it for cross-Strait routes.

Zhuang are Tai speakers. They're related to Lao & Thai.

Probably safer than Russian jets.

China needs an indigenous medium utlity helo bad. The Z-9 is simply too puny for modern-day requirements, and Russian business practice makes me wary of relying on Mi-17. There's a weight class gap between Z-9 & Mi-17/Z-8 that needs to be filled. And the overall NUMERICAL strength of PLA LH is...

K-8 could be a a more practical replacement for MiG-21 & J-7 in a bunch of countries than JF-17 or J-10. But try to convince those 3rd World tin pot dictators to give up the face-saving supersonic fighters even though they have neither the need nor the mean to operate them is next to impossible...

Before anyone drag my family into this, both my brother and his Vietnamese fiance are engineers at a major aerospace firm in California, so spare them of the usual stereotypes, OK?

I do not believe it has much to do with stature. The average height of Hong Kongers is almost dead last among Chinese, despite having enjoyed better nutrition FAR longer than Taiwan. Taiwanese, OTOH, are taller than almost everyone south of the Yellow River. This is quite strange, considering...

1) I have a grand total of 0 Chinese contacts in Mexico. The bulk of them are Canto-only speakers that neither can nor care to communicate with me. 2) Didn't know you get to watch Telemundo or TV Azteca in Canada. Seriously, do you believe 3rd-hand news from Anglophone media are painting the...