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I believe it is more of a loyalty payment (possibly with the majority going to the officer corps) than a retention bonus.  Keep in mind that the P.L.A is not like their western counterparts.  Their primary mandate is to defend the Communist Party of China.  They need to be kept happy I've read...

It will be interesting to see what direction the PLAN and the CCP go with the Shi Lang and it's successors.  I've always been of the opinion that the rush to get this duck in the tub was largely done to placate PLAN morale and middle class nationalism rather than push around folks in the South...

I have some past experience in the BC forest industry and still latently follow the industry. BC, and the North (in particular) are  blindingly drunk on China right now.  Almost every B and C list politician has made multiple trips (with more always in the pipeline) to the Mainland in search...

Flip wrote: I will not push as far to say that promoting anti-western sentiment and focusing blame on foreign powers is "official" government policy but it probably is only one or two signatures and bills away from becoming dogma.  Nationalism has proven to be a good fill for the void left by...

哈哈， 我还在中国但是我马上回来加拿大。 我申请到了王后大学。我要读城市规划。 Heh heh...yeah, I'm still in China, but heading back to Canada pretty quick.  I was accepted to Queen's urban planning master program for this september! Time for change...especially now.  The past month and half has been very englightening and most...

Flip wrote: Unfortunately, using the current situation as evidence, the youth, the educated and current/future middle class of China are becoming increasingly (possibly too weak of a word?) nationalistic and anti-western. 

I'm a strong supporter of building trust between the PLA and western militaries, yet a lot of people here still remain very, very sore regarding the 1999 bombing of their embassy in Serbia.  Personally, I believe that one incident set back relations more than anything else, and it will be a long...

You'd probably have to take on China in order to strangle him financially.

Just DVD man!

I cannot provide a cite or names, base it upon news bits and items I've read over the years.  Chunks from mainland publications, stuff in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other international units.  Every so often I'll come across a bite at western powers, usually in anonymity.  I do though, recall back...

Chinese generals ranting about western/foreign humiliation and how China will have it's revenge is a fairly common occurance with which I wouldn't create a policy towards China around.  This country is fiercely nationalistic, and at times, to the point of absurdity, largely regarding...

In 20-30 years anything could happen (in 2037 Canada might carrier have battlegroups!) I agree with this statement completely.  One often reads Chinese development indicators for a number of areas and usually they all predict a rise.  I am not privy to the data that these predictions are based...

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL224933.htm The video is available on YouTube.  I initially found the video first, but was skeptical, given it's grainy, non-English and overall incomplete feel.  Yet after finding several related articles from respectable news agencies, I've come to...

I agree.  I have no love for this particular individual, but I surmise that within his position, he is required to appeal to the fringe core, or risk losing substantial support within his own party.  I feel the funny thing about the NDP is that they seem to realize that the only way they can...

Couldn't agree more, and it is going to be a very, very interesting discussion.

The Chinese space program is of considerable pride to the Chinese people as well as a instrumental tool in spurring nationalism and invoking a positive image of a post-industrial society to the rest of the world.  It does not surprise me to read of such ambitious claims made by Xinhua. I've...

A manner of semantics...I suppose I should have written "return to one's country of birth". Speaking as someone who routinely deals with those seeking a life in Canada, I can comment that a majority savour citizenship not for themselves, but for their children. 

That is a rather broad and sweeping generalization, wouldn't you agree?  Would you state that the same applies to Afghan-Canadians returning to Afghanistan to assist in reconstruction? (I'm aware of the situation with the Khadr's).  Or what about people of developed nations (Germany, England...

I'm not going to blast through all 17 pages...but... Russia has been pounding out some decent and well polished (both plot and SFX wise) war movies recently, most dealing with events in and around Chechnya and the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan. I recommend checking out " War"...

echo wrote:  On a hypothetical note (pre-apologies to those who detest 'what if' scenarios) I've always felt that the current generation (my generation) takes a rather soft postion towards Islamo-Facisim, yet still maintains a strong anti-nazism postion, being very quick (and rightly so) to...