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To: RealMuLan who wrote (42585)	12/6/2003 11:04:57 AM
From: BubbaFred	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Absorption by assimilation, and vice versa. No need for force, subjugation, occupation, destruction, etc, etc, as they all eventually failed. Sharing progress and wealth to whoever wanting to participate, but no free lunch. Consider also the size of the consumers and the pool of homegrown brainpower and entrepreneurs, and the relatively young society with vigorous dynamics hungry for financial success. Not much retirement free meal either so they have to save for their golden years.

To: RealMuLan who wrote (42585)	12/6/2003 12:19:38 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 74559

keep China INTACT By your standards, China has not been intact for 58 years, so you're doing a piss poor job.

To: RealMuLan who wrote (42585)	12/6/2003 3:11:28 PM
From: Seeker of Truth	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Hello Zhang, "All people should be proud of their own heritage." There are some difficulties here. I once knew a person who's four grandparents came from four different countries. It wouldn't be easy for her to know in any detail what her heritage was. Also everyone's heritage includes great people and villains. Doubtless you are not proud to be the descendant of Chin Shir Huang who burnt all the books and murdered so many people. On the other hand you probably recall with pleasure your magnificent Tang dynasty ancestor, Du Fu, whose immortal poems have so much deep feeling. There are practical aspects here. Japanese people don't like to be reminded of the terrible crimes committed in China by their soldiers. "I wasn't even alive then", they say truly. Yet they lack the courage to denounce those ancestors, perhaps because they are supposed to be proud of them??! It's tricky. I think it's best to be proud of one's own efforts to do good in this world. JMHO Malcolm