Quote Originally Posted by Adrian II View Post
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.
I always look at Taiwan when I want to imagine what the real China should be like.