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Originally posted by A Conscience
reply to post by CONTACT
Also, KMT was the main force to defense China from Japan for EIGHT YEARS in WWII! Do u think they don't have the support of major population? Well, they were not prefect of course, they had some corruption of course, but still, they were heros.
I thought I'll just budge in for a moment to put things in the proper perspective.
KMT under Chang Kai Shek was more interested in fighting the CCP than defending against the Japanese. He had to be kidnapped by his own generals in order to be persuaded to join forces with the CCP, in a united front against the Japanese.
KMT was corrupted to the core. The Japanese created friendly puppet governments to look after their interests and one of these was headed by KMT premier Wang Jingwei. That says so much for the KMT and their morals.
Digressing a bit here, but a portion of KMT who did not flee to Taiwan became drug lords in the Golden Triangle.
All in all, IMO China is better of with the CCP. At least it is a united China. A feat not to be scoffed at, considering the population, provinces, and vast land mass.
Chinese public opinion strongly criticized the leader of Manchuria, the "young marshal" Zhang Xueliang, for his nonresistance to the Japanese invasion, even though the Kuomintang central government was indirectly responsible for this policy.
On 12 December, 1936 a deeply disgruntled Zhang Xueliang decided to conspire with the CCP and kidnapped Chiang Kai-shek in Xi'an to force an end to the conflict between KMT and CCP. In order to secure the release of Chiang, the KMT was forced to agree to a temporary end to the Chinese Civil War and the forming of a United Front between the CCP and KMT against Japan on 24 December 1936.
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by one4all
I dont believe anyone was upset at anti-american remarks because we are all one family and for the faults the the US has and we havent been addressing them now ,the US knows its place in our family and it is acting according to the parameters of the lessons it learned based on its physical traits ,it is aware of its obligations to the family and adjusts its actions accordingly WITH REGARD FOR ALL.Its mistakes are made in the name of committment to the family and are overshadowed by its commitment to the family on many different fronts.
I didnt mean to develope an anti-china attitude but the more I think about how the country itself has behaved in the last hundred years the more I want to help them see how badly they are behaving.I dont want to trump up th US either because they are simply another family member and are prone to the same mistakes all are prone to,but sometimes family members need to look at each other in order to understand how to balance their actions to keep them in the position they need to be in according to family values.China needs to look at the US as simply a family member ,obviously china is the younger brother in terms of population these are new people and a new reality,the US isnt competition for china they are a little brother who happens to be a better leader right now by experience .Let the US lead, your best abilities and strengths come out when you are a good teammate and when you properly use your considerable size in support of the family,you are a trusted righthand man and need to see that,BUT YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE .
This is all coming from the third child canada and we exibit our greatest strengths when we negotiate and settle disputes by very wisely lending our reatively small contribution to whichever of our family members needs support in order TO MAINTAIN BALANCE in the family.We tip the scales if you will SO WE CAN QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY DIAGNOSE ANY IMBALANCE IN OUR FAMILY AND I JUST DID THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE READING THIS POST. Are you listening brother China?
Originally posted by one4all
Its pretty simple ,its time for china to grow up and start to contribute to the global family or the "world" if the term global family is confusing.Hiding behind Communism and refusing to lend a hand proportionate to your size because you claim a belief system the entire world knows is dying while you make a historicly unprecedented growth spurt is WRONG.
China needs to stop committing crimes against humanity and refusing to let go of communism.
China needs to accept that its role is defined by its size not its political beliefs.Do you understand that basic concept??Have you ever been on a team in your life,any kind of team at all?For the love of god herself we all know that you dont put the 80lb weakling at the anchor position when you have a tug of war,that is simplistic and shouldnt need to be explained any further.
I have been on many teams and I'll tell you this much ,while I try to be as fair as I can when debating this thread in my mind I always come back to the same place,there are leaders and there are followers and America is the world leader and China is a follower,an oversized undercontributing follower.
The reason China is a follower is because of its size and its inability to adjust and move and therefore be as effective or learn the lessons needed to be a leader.An entity as big as China is and can only be worried about being able to sustain its tremendous needs.
So my smart alec friends either we help get China back into the scene and help them fulfill their global role and responsibility so they understand what is expected OR THEY WILL GROW THEMSELVES INTO THE NEXT WORLD WAR and people like this who "just cant seem to understand what this means????"wont get a second chance to pay attention.
P.s wherever you all are,I for one as a Canadian dont plan os sharing any of my water with a resource hog who doesnt feel an obligation to play by the rules of the world or the global family.
So for anyone who cant understand what I am saying its this STEP UP TO THE TABLE OR STEP BLOODY BACK AND DONT COME LOOKING FOR PITY AND EXPLANATIONS THERE WILL BE NO ADVANTAGE GIVEN TO THE IGNORANT.
When is the last time you or anyone else felt good about hearing that China was sending troops somewhere??Do you get it ,because the whole world sure does,so please snap to attention and look around you at our global family and use your noggin to give responsibility to those prepared to handle it ,THEN COME BACK AND TELL ME THIS POST IS A MESS.
I dont care what country you are from we all see the same things in the world today,or would you rather ask Rwanda to send some aid to Beijing??
Originally posted by Witness2008
I agree with all that you have posted. For me I see China repeating the same mistakes of Mao Zedong. He mimicked the industrialized west taking serious shortcuts as to infrastructure and knowledge there by plunging his country into a devastating period. I see that China has not learned from her former leader.
Chinas economy is built on the export of cheap products and the worlds taste for those products plummet...I believe due to the dangerous shortcuts that once again are being taken by that country and also the treatment of Tibetans...I think China has another lesson on the way.
Originally posted by rogue1
Well America might be a leader but very few people are listening these days.
Originally posted by rogue1
Who does China follow ? They seem to be damned good at going there own way and following no one.
Wal-Mart's New Sustainability Mandate in China
I just attended the Wal-Mart Sustainability Summit in Beijing. There are times you know you're watching something special. The point of the meeting was to bring Wal-Mart's Chinese suppliers (some 900 of them) together to hear Wal-Mart's sustainability agenda and the specific goals for the company's biggest supply partner. To put the relationship in context, if Wal-Mart were a country, it would be China's sixth or seventh largest trading partner (clearly the scale of both China and Wal-Mart is shocking).
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Because I can, also I feel an obligation to chime in as a citizen. Actually it's my responsibility to do so. It is becoming very apparent that China wants to hold the rest of the world at arms length when it comes to being criticized.
For an upcoming world power they sure do seem to be very thin skinned when people start asking hard hitting questions. You would think that a culture that is as old as it is often bragged about would by now know how to handle criticism.
Originally posted by rogue1
As above. Then again there are many thinned skinned people in this country as well.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
You don't see this one side stepping the issues and laying blame on others now do you?
Originally posted by Witness2008
I do not use Chinese products, you'd be surprised at how many other countries produce quality electronics. I have not purchased a product made in China since the "Free Tibet Campaign" was launched.
Given the gullibility (only IMO) of China to jump on every technology that would come their way (IBM) without understanding the scientific and labor infrastructure makes me think the big fall is now in the making. The U.S could be a friend...I doubt it.
China has not earned their way into the global family. Just imagine if half of the U.S population were to cease buying Chinese products. China exports Melamine in animal feed and baby formula...how long do you think it will take the rest of the world to stop buying?
Mao turned China into a communal metal works....a furnace in every back yard...starving the population in the end. China now pollutes every back yard with the industrial run off from producing cheap products.