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To: lin huan chen who wrote (12717)	6/23/1999 7:39:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 17770

You can sustitute Chinese names for Russian -Stalin, Kruschev, Breznev and the story of constantly re-written history books is identical..

To: lin huan chen who wrote (12717)	6/23/1999 10:11:00 PM
From: JBL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

Chen, A great article. Thanks. I visited the Museum of Revolutionary History in Beijing and was also struck at how the exhibits, to this day, were still mostly centered on the theme of agression by foreign powers, and the underlying message that National pride had to be restored . Many in the West no longer understand or remember the colonial past of the countries we come from, and how it affected China. Also, many are unaware of Beijing's extensive efforts to use history to shape its domestic and international policy, although the Chinese embassy bombing episode will help people become aware. I think Beijing overplayed its hand during this incident, and I'm kind of glad they did, as it will force Western politicians to confront the reality that China's Communist leadership has not changed all that much since Tiananmen.

To: lin huan chen who wrote (12717)	6/24/1999 4:01:00 AM
From: Timothy Liu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Just like communist government spin history for consummation of Chinese masses, articles like this spin history the other way for US consumption. Both increase the hostility to the other country. Naturally I do not agree with some of the article's views. I think the truth lies somewhere in between. The communist government is not the first or the only one that demonize the invaders. Slight reading of Jing Yong's novel about Mongolians rule in Yuan and Qing dynasty and you know what I mean. Nobody want to be governed by another race of people. China proper has been ruled by external races for a greater part of recent history. For better or worse, those races merged over time with the Han race and animosity dies down with growing similarities after several generations. On the turn of the century, China were invaded again, but this time by people we can not 'assimilate'. This has not happened for 5000(?) years. That makes this an experience to remember. IMO, the goal of these patriotism and history lessons, just like the handling of Embassy bombing, is NOT to butt heads with western countries, but to divert attention to the growing pains of domestic political and economical problems. I think China is gradually approaching an 'inflection point' (to borrow a word from Reverand Grove) where economic progress collide with the political retardation. I have seen the Russian's path to capitalism and frankly I am not thrilled. The breakup of the political system derailed the continuation of economic development that bring the country into chaos. The people are just not ready with the democratic power they are given. Same here in China. The 8b+ people in the countryside knows little about democratic process. I would rather much prefer Taiwan's path to democracy with a gradual change in political system. We are like the 1970's of Taiwan right now. Now the number one issue is to allow political parties to form. I can only dream. Tim