On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Mahesh Murthy <[email protected]> wrote:
> This was less of an issue in earlier times as Indians didn't have easy
> access to Chinese maps, or vice versa. Today citizens in both countries can
> simply change a two-letter domain suffix and see how the same information is
> presented differently across the border. And of course we can choose to get
> all "sentimentally hurt" about it.

And both countries are economically more powerful today than they were
30 years ago. Their awareness of their economic power, IMO, leads to
more public belligerence and chest thumping public displays.

Thaths
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Sudhakar Chandra                                    Slacker Without Borders

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