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Originally Posted by Maggot
The same argument could be applied to America. Many of the people in the US are descended from people from the UK. UK culture runs deep there. Technically they should just suck it up and be part of the British Empire, because only the people who fought against the crown in the War of Independence wanted the US to be separate from the UK.
China is a nasty piece of work. They're a dictatorship that defies the international community all the time. They ignore the widescale counterfeiting of our products. They artificially devalue their currency and generally thumb their nose at the rest of the world. They invaded India and Tibet, and are angry if anyone even talks to the Dalai Lama, let along honour his work. They're supplying weapons to Sudan, Iran, the Taleban, and just about everyone else we don't want to have weapons. I would say that there are a lot of good reasons why we don't want them to expand to Taiwan as well. Yet for some reason, as long as they slather lead paint on cheap toys for Wallmart they're all right in our books. China always seems to get a free pass when they least deserve it.
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I have met and known wiser Canadian people with bigger hearts than yourself,so unlike you,I'm not gonna go and bash aother country with palpable bias and discrimination.
However,I do think you for one could use a little perspective here.
30 years ago,China was one of the poorest and isolated nations in the world. Today it has grown to be one of the biggest economies and political powers. I don't think we can become what we are today by "defying the international community all the time" and"thumbing our nose at the rest of the world ",unless you're suggesting the rest of the world are mindless idiots for even considering investing in a country like that.
This isn't the first time the counterfeiting and currency issues are raised by someone whose only channel of information is mainstream western media,you see,that's another difference between us, I'm acturally a little more openminded to read foreign language news materials and listen to other opinions before I judge. So in spite of defending what could easily be proved untrue,I suggest you google search "unfair to blame china" and PLEASE,follow your usual pattern,don't even take a look at the chinese sites,just check out what your own people have to say and be cool.
As for dalai lama,I completely understand why you guys admire him,he's a wise spiritual leader who talks like a philosopher and you dig that. But hold on for just a second,who else is a wise spiritual leader who talks like a philosopher? I mean,what's that guy's name? Is it"Osama something"? Seriously,just because he couldn't pull off a terroist attack on one of the skyscrapers in Shanghai doesn't mean he's a f**king saint,right? If you have some knowledge of Tibetan history(which I don't think you have) or have ever been to Tibet yourself(which I don't think you have,either),you'll know what your legendary humanitarian icon really wants:good old slavery and eternal life as the ruler of Tibet.
About selling weapons to those guys, that's absolutely true,really,as true as the Americans sold weapons to them some 15 years ago and now tasted their own medicine when they invaded iraq and killed tens of thousands of civilians for the most pure and just purpose of all: securing their oil interest.
Having said that much,I'm actually getting a little tired of trying to reason with y'all China-bashers. We will grow even stronger (and very soon) whether you like it or not, DEAL WITH IT.