Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
*Chinese laughter*







How difficult it should be to think, with all the history behind us, that autocrats are more likely to be steely-eyed scientific rationalists than politically-correct wagermakers.
You're looking at the wrong metrics. Nationalism is the political drive of the Chinese government. It's their way of controlling the populace with their take on culture (see also their depiction of Japan as an enemy).