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Excellent analogy Raphael. North Korea is definitely China's Israel - an ungrateful leech that occupies way too much of China's attention in foreign policy. Pakistan is to China what the UK and Canada are to the US - Trustworthy, reliable, a shared history of relative peace, and whose fate is...

Agreed. The Umbrella movement in Hong Kong, funded in part by the National Endowment for Democracy, was the latest US miscalculation that backfired spectacularly. Towards the end, over 80% of Hong Kong was against the demonstrators. I doubt anymore "democratic movements" are in store for Hong...

His other problem is that he ascribes way too much power and influence to India, who has an economy barely larger than Italy's. For example he acts as if "Tibetan secessionism" is an actual threat to China rather than a mere annoyance. If anything, Tibetan secessionism is a greater threat to...

Or more accurately, people in China who are initially curious and positive about democratic governments are quickly disabused of that notion by taking one look over the border and seeing that India, the "world's largest democracy", is actually the world's largest toilet. :lol:

When it comes to international relations, it really is. It seems you've already made up your mind that no matter what evidence people like Yizhi present, China has zero soft power. So why bother having a discussion when you yourself do not have an open mind (ironically the same accusation you...

LOL. Someone's jealous that their Vietnam lacks the industrial ability to fortify their own SCS islands with anything other than ramshackle huts on stilts.

IMO, when comparing China and Japan, using the manga industry is an incorrect measure since manga is entirely a Japanese development and obviously Japan will be ahead. If we measure the Beijing opera industry, Japan is sorely lagging behind China but that doesn't mean anything. With regards to...

Vietnam will be nothing like Germany and IMO, trying to compare the two insults Germany. One was and is an industrial great power while the other has historically been a loose band of uncivilized tribesmen who are accustomed to agrarian lifestyles and subsistence living - something that...

Vietnamese people here are not well integrated although a lot of that lies with their immigration status. Obviously recent immigrants will have a poor time assimilating but I generally find the 1.5 and 2nd gen immigrants to be better adapted. In my experience, they are indeed consumed with the...

Soft power is tied directly to economic strength and living standards. Without one, you don't have the other. Most Chinese people are still poor and there is no allure in poverty. American soft power is due to its wealth. Hollywood, for example, is the glamorous "American lifestyle" packaged for...

Hudong shipyard launched 3 ships, totaling 32,000 tons, in a single day. To put it in perspective, the combined total tonnage of Vietnam's entire surface fleet is around 37,000 tons. China Launches Three Warships In One Day, Setting A New Record For comparison, the U.S. Navy commissioned...

Vietnam depends on a Swiss watchmaker for support in the South China Sea. Meanwhile, China has to make do with launching 3 ships, totaling 32,000 tons, in a single day. To put it in perspective, the combined total tonnage of Vietnam's entire surface fleet is around 37,000 tons. China Launches...

As most of us expected, military options are off the table for Japan. IMO, this is a smart move. Japan should strongly caution its citizens from traveling to Syria and Iraq and as unfortunate as this incident was, it's a salutary lesson for most people from East Asia. East Asians have no...

Who knows what really happened? But to be brag about killing your countrymen? That's sick.

That's the plan. :pop: Indonesia will be a trillion dollar economy in the next decade or so. Vietnam in comparison....:omghaha: Economy of Indonesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Economy of Vietnam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The ‘unverifiable’ legacy of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in American history - The Washington Post

He also bragged about killing 30 of his own (black) countrymen during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Apparently, you're only a true American to Chris Kyle if your skin is white.

If you do eventually write it, just put it on Amazon and I'll buy it. :lol:

This is a great read. Overseas basing is inconsistent with China's short and medium term goals and IMO, the "String of Pearls" has always been hyped up to portray China in a negative light. James Holmes, an ardent proponent of the "String of Pearls" hoax is one of the most anti-China...

I'd like to expound a little more on your comment regarding the Dalai Lama. Unofficially it's been Chinese policy since roughly 2009 to basically ignore the Dalai Lama and wait for him to die. Ever since his implicit support for the Tibet race riots in 2008, China has refused to acknowledge his...