The Chinese are like a young child that has not learn to play by the rules yet.
You're kidding, right? The Chinese civilization was alive and thriving back when Europeans were nothing more than a cluster of hill tribes; the United States is, what, just over 250 years old? I remember reading estimates that the Chinese (Han dynasty, et al?) have been around for over ten thousand years. Don't forget who the junior kid on the team is...
If the Chinese want to play with the big kids then they need to learn what it is like to get spanked!
Interesting: China has nearly five times the population as the USA, and an economy nearly as large. Perhaps the States isn't in a position to threaten military action?
Regardless, I think the issue of military force completely misses the point. The issue seems to be revolving around whose waters the plane was in at the time, and therefore who shoulders the majority of the blame: it's like a giant game of chicken. Maybe there's trade issues in the background; maybe there's security issues. But all this posturing, it seems to me like there's something else on the table other than these pilots...
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You're kidding, right? The Chinese civilization was alive and thriving back when Europeans were nothing more than a cluster of hill tribes; the United States is, what, just over 250 years old? I remember reading estimates that the Chinese (Han dynasty, et al?) have been around for over ten thousand years. Don't forget who the junior kid on the team is...
If the Chinese want to play with the big kids then they need to learn what it is like to get spanked!Interesting: China has nearly five times the population as the USA, and an economy nearly as large. Perhaps the States isn't in a position to threaten military action?
Regardless, I think the issue of military force completely misses the point. The issue seems to be revolving around whose waters the plane was in at the time, and therefore who shoulders the majority of the blame: it's like a giant game of chicken. Maybe there's trade issues in the background; maybe there's security issues. But all this posturing, it seems to me like there's something else on the table other than these pilots...