I always look at Taiwan when I want to imagine what the real China should be like.So far I have seen only ridicule for Tibet and Tibetans from those who purport to represent Chinese views. More genrally, they merely confirm my impression that offical and (to a large extent) popular attitudes in China are highly vindictive, virtually seething with jealousy at other great powers and more affluent parts of the world, as if the self-inflicted wounds, poverty and structurally induced stupidity of their political system was somehow to blame on the rest of the world. Such little zest or capacity for self-criticism bodes ill for China's role on the world stage, even for its capacity to take care of its own problems.
"And if the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war and not popularity seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." - William Tecumseh Sherman
“The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.” - Warren Buffett
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