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Britain, India and Japan complain of Beijing's diplomatic 'muscle-flexing', while Africans talk of coercion in aid-for-resources deals.
Originally posted by amkia
Why..??
US owes Iran prepaid money of f-16 fighters and kc-135 tankers which they give it to Israel while Israel still owes billions of 70’0 value of USD to IRAN that’s why they hate Iran.
US owes a trillion dollars to china that’s why they hate china as well..
Don’t lend the money or you’ll be hated…simple explanations….
edit on 5-12-2010 by amkia because: Edited to add the text
Originally posted by TedHodgson
Hah..Looks like the sh*ts about to hit the fan
Originally posted by silent thunder
reply to post by bozzchem
Negative sentiment against America as an international force is certainly nothing new, but resistance to Chinese moves abroad is a rising trend and bears watching.
Why do you feel the need to break it down into a binary "either/or" issue? Of course the US has done bad things but why exactly does that negate the negative effects of increasing muscle-flexing by China? Shouldn't both China and the US be subjected to scrutiny and criticism?
There are already thousands of threads on US-related issues. Can't we examine China in and of itself without dragging the unrelated moral status of the US into the mix? Power corrupts, you know, and China's power abroad is increasing. Read the article; there are plenty of specific complaints against China by other nations.
Originally posted by sara123123
reply to post by silent thunder
Communists are not known for their great skill in consensus building. Witness Obama's take over of the health care industry in America. It makes for serious enemies when the communists don't have the power to silence the opposition/targets or to kill them when they get uppity with the "deciders."