Quote Originally Posted by Fengzi
Wow FLESH, its good to see somebody who actually understands. Although I disagree with you on one point. This isn't going to happen over the next few years, its been going on for a while and most people are already convinced that China is the new evil empire.

This is so typical of the American media. They make this big story that sounds like China is going to nuke us tomorrow. Only after getting everyone worked up do they throw in one final sentence "Gen Zhu said his views did not represent official Chinese policy and he did not anticipate war with the US." In other words, everything written prior to that was irrelevant crap. Most wouldn't even pick up on that though.

I spent four years studying China's culture, language, history, and politics. I lived in China for two years. My wife is Chinese and all of my in-laws still live in China. I'm not trying to brag but I do know considerably more about China than most Americans. What I can tell you is that China is one of the most, if not THE most, misunderstood countries there is. At least misunderstood by Americans.

The American media has been brainwashing us for years and certainly not just about China. I will be the first to admit that I am not immune to their b.s. While I may have a better understanding about the true China I am frightened by what the U.S. media has done to my perceptions about the rest of the world. I congratulate you FLESH on resiting, if only more people would we'd be a lot better off.
I couldn't agree with you more. I'm a bit of a chinese culture nut, and my girlfriend is chinese too Actually, in september I'm taking an intensive mandarin class, which should be interesting....

But yeah, China is misunderstood big time. My girlfriend actually likes to point out the irony in the fact that the Chinese, as a people, are one of the most capitalist cultures in the world, and yet the government is 'communist'. I'm pretty sure also that except for the official party line, no one in China would support any sort of war against the US. I say instead of fearing them and antagonizing them, we should welcome them with open arms into the world community. The hard-line communists are on their last legs, every year their economy becomes more and more western. Why make them our enemies? It makes no sense (I know, I know, there's always the question of $$$$$$$$$$$)