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Robert's avatar

Another well written piece. Even just generally it seems like good advice, just calm down. This world is on edge and everyone is getting worked up over everything. Even things that calmness would help lead to a more beneficial outcomes. Mainlanders have a hard time understanding why Taiwan wants to keep its distance. Not politically, but it is as if one family member never wants to speak to another family member, but all the while maintaining "we are family, that’s what is really important". Still 大陆 remains blind to the political/philosophical differences that caused the rift in the first place. Anyway everything is always better tempered with calmness and patience.

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Tom Shane's avatar

I hate to say it, but it sounds a lot like the old "Anna May Wong makes shame for China" in Shanghai Express and "Harold Lloyd insults dignity of China with Danger Last". And the rest of the "grave insults" to China by Hollywood in the 1930s. Each time it was a shakedown. There were many ways the Kuomintang could shake down the US in the 1930s, but they perfected the few tools they had.

The PRC used this insult tool because it was a comfortable old tool.

They used naval and air exercises because, as folk singer Phil Ochs put it: "Guns will be guns, and boys will be boys".

What's the fun of having nice military toys if you don't kill people and break things once in a while? Or at least blow up some dolphins?

This "How dare you!" not based on the reality of the visit. Because it's not about the reality of the visit, really.

Love your youtube broadcasts.

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