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Old 10-06-2011, 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by RN7 View Post
I think the Germans and the Japanese had the same idea in WW2, but they just called it Empire and Lebensraum.
I know that sort of thing is fun to write, but demonizing the Chinese a priori serves no good purpose. By doing so create a lens through which events are interpreted to fit an operating premise; i.e., the Chinese are up to no good. They may in fact be up to no good. Stampeding to that conclusion hastens conflict and makes the avoidable inevitable.
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