[Wikipedia-l] China flamewar officially cancelled

[Jens Ropers]

Austin,

What part of "CHINA FLAMEWAR OFFICIALLY CANCELLED" do you not 
understand?!?

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On 27 Sep 2004, at 23:25, Austin Hair wrote:

>> Look back on history, though China had the most powerful navy and army
>> since the 10th century, we did not want to conquer the whole world.
>> Only the whites would go all around the world robbing and killing.
>
> I'm not Chinese.  Not remotely so.  I do, however, know for a fact that
> China was practicing an active policy of imperialism until fairly
> recently in modern history.  The emperor (take note of the term) 
> fancied
> himself sovereign of a global dominion which included Europe, as
> dynastic literature tells us, and with the exception of a brief period
> of isolation during the 16th and 17th centuries China was as 
> imperialist
> as they come.
>
>> Prosperity of China is indeed great. At least we would not turn into
>> another superpower that invades another country thousands of miles
>> away.
>
> Perhaps because you're too busy oppressing your own people.
>
> -- 
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