@CobraA1
Agreed. Most people really don't "get" the Chinese - probably never will. The Chinese "survived" quite happily behind their Great Wall for many centuries before being "opened" to the "west". And while today is certainly different from even 100 year's ago, this pervasive thought in the "west" that the only way to do business is thru the all-powerful internet is plain ignorance. Places like North Korea, Iran & the host of other totalitarian regimes around the planet may not be what "we" would consider great places to live, but notice how even after all these years, they continue to exist at the expense of their own people, the modern world be damned! And for those leftist liberals who think it is only a "matter of time" before these totalitarian regimes collapse, think again: the "west" will be fully totalitarian (we're more than half way there now) well before the Persians & North Koreans see the light of freedom...
And let's be very clear: with a huge country, massive resources, a largely uneducated (as in percentage) populace, a military which is set to eclipse the US any day now (it might have already), China deals with the world on IT'S terms, not "ours". Case in point: how soon do you think the Chinese will even begin to THINK about introducing some bogus ETS to keep the greenies happy? Answer: never. UNLESS it advantages them in some tangible, profitable way. And no, reputation does not count - they couldn't care less what "we" think about "them".
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