Taiwan, China, and other things. Recovered from the defunct TypePad platform.
Chinese unilaterally declare Japanese air-zone as their own.
If he were an honest man, Joe Hung of Taiwan's China Post would now write a column apologizing for being hoodwinked by claims of "China's Peaceful Rise".
IF he were an honest man…
UPDATE: Ha. Missed this quote from Yang Yujun of China's Ministry of War:
China "has always respected the freedom of over-flight in accordance with international law".
Sure. With exactly the same respect it affords the territory of its neighbors.
That works out to about 14¢ per Filipino left homeless (given that there are about 700,000 left homeless after Typhoon Haiyan).
Or in other words: just about enough to buy each of them half-a-can of Coke.
Postscript:
A day-laborer, Bill Gates, and Xi Jinping walk into a bar. Each gets a beer, but each finds his mug has a fly in it.
The workman pours off the fly and drinks the rest. Bill Gates sets his glass aside and buys another.
Meanwhile, Xi Jinping grabs the insect by its wings - violently shaking it while screaming:
"Spit it out! Spit it out!"
[Cheapskate jokes. I love 'em!]
UPDATE (Nov 13, 2013): CNN now reporting that 2 million people in the Philippines require food.
Evidently, the Chinese are either too stupid or heartless to realize that half-a-can of Coke isn't going to make much difference…
Zhongnanhai frowns upon exposes of Princeling corruption:
Mr. Winkler defended his decision [not to publish an investigative report about Chinese Communist Party corruption], comparing it to the self-censorship by foreign news bureaus trying to preserve their ability to report inside Nazi-era Germany, according to Bloomberg employees familiar with the discussion.
Sinofascism is not a dinner party.
Chinese Communists publish their nuclear attack plans against America
(Image from the Washington Times)
Hey, remember the last time Great Britain trumpeted its nuclear strike strategy against the U.S.?
Me neither!
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