re: #46 ProGunLiberal

Historically, they are a second rate power. The Caliphate whipped them. They were a tributary state to Tibet for a time in the past. And among the groups who have conquered them include the Mongols, the Manchu, and the Uyghur Turks.

And I will never respect the PRC. Ever. They have and are committing Genocide. For that, they need to be reduced in size to what they were under the Han Dynasty, minus Korea.

Let me be clear; my rebuttal to your “Lebensraum” comment was regarding Chinese individuals and families, not territorial ambitions of the PRC, such as with Tibet and the Uyghurs. For that, I do agree with you that the PRC be discouraged from that as much as possible; to that end, the more that the US and other nations interact and trade with the PRC, the more the old Maoist facade cracks and splinters.

However, a couple of old sayings apply to how we need to treat China in the future as they sell their weapons to almost any willing buyer and as they are starting to build a blue-water navy: “Keep your enemies close, but your friends closer” and “Quantity has a quality all its own.”