[HenriRow]

I see, then we are in agreement that China was being dishonest and is full of hot air. I think you are right in stating that China is trying to stretch it's wings. Problem with being such a large country, like China, is they get to run into the same problems as the US does. At that size you are too global to act in a irrational manner. So basically what I'm saying is China is just barking and won't be stupid enough to try and bite.

*muses*

fishjoel mate,

whether China is bein' dishonest or not be not be me point. they are engagin' in political brinksmanship, and let us be fair....our nation does the same.

regardin' the bolded part, i think yer not quite readin' china and its citizens correctly, mate. in many ways, they be wired differently from americans.
Sunshine touches on this in her missives and she's very much spot on.

the way education be viewed...the way the young view and care fer thar parents...the idear 'o frugality...the concept 'o sacrifice...

they be an entirely different peoples.

i also don't think ye shall see China takin' up the mantle 'o the "world's policeman".

*bows*

- MeadHallPirate

ps - imma thinkin' i sound like a china booster...which imma not, exactly. imma just not a china basher. thar time is comin', me friend. imma pointin' east and sayin' the sun is risin', and our country grousin' about it is not goin' to change reality. we might as well get acclimated to it.