On Jan 20, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
I don't think that members of the Chinese elite care about "national prestige" except to the extent that it increases their power and strengthens their hold on it.
Are you saying that the "Chinese elite" is exactly the same as every other ruling "elite" in the history of the world?
Shane Mage
This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire, kindling in measures and going out in measures." Herakleitos of Ephesos
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