A lurker wants to know why we spend so much time discussing China rather than investments. Well China is a huge part of the investment scene, in 2005 as it wasn't in 1995. So we want to clarify what to expect, including our potential investments.
Of course I'm not Chinese, that was a rhetorical question, I guess. I spent eight years in China, learned to read write and speak Chinese, so I think I know at least something about China.
Why should the "Chinese", whatever that is, apologize to one of their minority peoples? You may know that not all Chinese are Han. There are Mongols, Tibetans, Miao and others besides the majority Hans. It's not as if the Tibetans were kept as slaves a la the US. south and the black people. If you are talking about suppressions, undemocratic treatment etc. the Han people have suffered just as much as the other peoples.
China never invaded South Korea, where is the reason for apologies?
I have read in the news that Deng Hsiao-ping fought a few weeks war with the Vietnamese, to "teach them a lesson" or something. If so, the Chinese government should indeed apologize.
Anyway as Tobago Jack says, the issue is the textbooks because they have a profound effect. You'll notice that even the apologies don't include the word "crime". The textbooks certainly don't. |
