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Originally Posted by S-2
Shek, your point's understood however it ignores the targeted application of Chinese state resources on limited objectives under far more optimal circumstances than America routinely faces. Too, it ignores the transparent self-interests behind the Chinese gov't's objectives as ultimately self-serving and harmful to the greater good.
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S-2, I think we're in agreement but talking to different points. I agree that Chinese interests are self-serving and more than likely not value added in the end. However, we need to do a better job of not mirror imaging and instead look at the problem from the other end of the straw.
For the poor African without television access or internet access, it is what happens on the ground that matters, and a well dug by an American or Chinese is just as well. While our hearts may in the right place, how are our actions perceived? Do the Chinese explain it away as capitalism willing to do anything for a price, just as the Soviet agent explaining that American ships were willing even to transport Soviet rice gifts to the Sarharkanian people?
That's why I like the book so much is that it forces one to question from what perspective to analyze. You cannot simply mirror image, but instead must truly place yourself in another's shoes.