tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post2561909163824407735..comments2023-10-26T22:53:59.503+08:00Comments on The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato: Beijing’s convenient bad neighborJ. Michael Cole 寇謐將http://www.blogger.com/profile/12125612369359079447noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-79386446549047704652012-04-25T14:50:42.143+08:002012-04-25T14:50:42.143+08:00"... to rein over others..."
List three...<i><b>"... to rein over others..."</b></i><br /><br />List three specific ways in which the U.S. "reigns" over China, or over the Asia-Pacific region.Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-39220430189457502512012-04-24T03:39:45.558+08:002012-04-24T03:39:45.558+08:00I prefer to single out the similarities between th...I prefer to single out the similarities between the policy makers of whatever country regardless their ideology (because it's a mere smoke screen to cover the more obvious goal from any policy establishment: to rein over others) than to overestimate an alleged quality of a determined way of doing politics as if it is its most important aspect.<br /><br />Oh, if you don't mind I prefer "anonymus" as an anagram for "Any onus on us" (I know, I know, it's not correct)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-5031412110732410042012-04-20T23:44:47.274+08:002012-04-20T23:44:47.274+08:00And I suppose that "anonymous" is an ana...And I suppose that "anonymous" is an anagram for "annoy sumo", which, unless J.M. is a master of disguise, would mean your coded <i>nomme-de-guerre</i> is out of place and that you should replace it with another one - like for instance, your <i>real name</i>.<br /><br />But let's see... maybe you're right: Seoul does after all, pay substantial tributary sums to the U.S. in return for the protection of the USN's Pacific Command and only ever buys U.S. made weapons systems (and of course all U.S. weapons makers are the same). <br /><br />And then there's the small matter of the U.S. and SK desire to target nuclear-capable missiles on Pyongyang and Beijing and to tax the use of international shipping lanes.<br /><br />To sober up for just a second: there is a slight gleam of truth to the edge of your penknife there - although Beijing and Washington are seperated by the supposedly clear blue water of "democracy", both governments are founded on the non-consensual arrogation of political power. The difference that democratic institutional forms make is not the bestowal of "legitimacy", but that they necessitate a better <a href="http://mirrorsignalmove.blogspot.com/2011/09/on-fascism.html" rel="nofollow"><i>calibration</i></a> of political power to "public opinion", rather than the other way around (although the American Left have been working their way along that second vector for decades).Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-53057465660778515682012-04-20T05:27:48.823+08:002012-04-20T05:27:48.823+08:00"As long as conflict in the Korean Peninsula ..."As long as conflict in the Korean Peninsula does not devolve into war, North Korea will remain a useful tool for Beijing to distract its adversaries"<br /><br />I suppose that if I change North for South and Beijing for Washington the meaning of the paragraph won't be missed, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com