When a kid second guess his elders...

http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinprss.html

I refer to the above article. It is an old article, dated in 1994. Yet I think the unfounded fears (and childishness) that reeks from this article still applies today. (I am honored as an over-sea chinese that we featured in this alleged chinese threat. I doubt our brothers in the mainland hold us as high a regard.)

I wished to highlight the closing paragraph:

''Any major power will eventually act as a major power,'' said Leo Suryadinata, an Indonesian-Chinese political scientist and author at Singapore's National University. ''The only real question is whether Chinese expansionism will take the form of troops and territorial ambitions -- or economy and culture.''

Excuse me? This question has been answered a long time ago. Chinese has almost 2000 years of imperial management experience and all teachings tell us that foreign military intervetion ALWAYS spell disaster. (Some countries obviously never learn that lesson... I know people HATE to be patronized by Chinese, but I am telling the truth when I say chinese are the most experienced imperial beauracrats in the world, and any aspiring empire should learn a lesson or two.) Chinese are not even particular kin in expanding its culture. We are only interested in getting the next meal, and fulfilling it, the next new toy. Seriously.