To: TobagoJack who wrote (2903 ) 4/6/2001 2:43:42 PM From: JMD Read Replies (1) | Respond to O.K. Jay, let me toss you an impossible curve ball> What in your opinion best describes the 'attitude' of the Chinese to the U.S.? If that question were posed to me in reverse, I'd say the Yanks are either completely mesmerized by the "Exotic Orient" or totally scared out of their minds by the power to overwhelm. "China", in other words, elicits a pretty damned emotional reaction for most folks in the States; few are inclined to amble on over and simply say "howdy, wassup?" Several of your prior posts seem to imply that the Chinese are scarred by long and vivid memories of ill treatment at the hands of invaders, of which the U.S. was one. So is it the case, for example, that we have two peoples who are exceptionally "edgy" about one another? The Chinese folks think the U.S. folks are bullies or arrogant a**holes or whatever, while the Yanks lie awake at night alternately filled with lust at the prospect of cracking the Chinese market, or shaking in their boots at the prospect of world domination by somebody other than themselves, with the Chinese being the logical replacement candidates.
