Fiona,
Your post #47 is a bit matured for a 20 year old!!
While you are right in many respect, but then national pride sometimes is stupid, but nonetheless cannot be wished away. Therefore, Beijing, or for that matter, Delhi does get over importance in the resource distribution than places where it is more sorely needed.
Yet, you are the right type of a pragmatic mind that is essential for China rather than the party line spewing Chinese that one meets.
With people like you, China is going to go places!!
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"Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, And eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination."
I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to.
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