Keith_McClary wrote:Anyone else old enough to remember when the commie pinkos would hurl the insult "American Imperialists" and the Yanks would indignantly deny it?
The NeoCon Cornies are also simple. Will you miss them?Oneaboveall wrote:Keith_McClary wrote:Anyone else old enough to remember when the commie pinkos would hurl the insult "American Imperialists" and the Yanks would indignantly deny it?
I am.
I kind of miss the commies; it was simpler then.
Keith_McClary wrote:The NeoCon Cornies are also simple. Will you miss them?
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Plantagenet wrote:There is no US/CHINA empire, and there never will be such a thing
As the US empire declines China will establish an empire that supplants it----a process that is well underway
ROCKMAN wrote:But the real value of such relatively undefined threads is that it allows a mix of opinions on a variety of subjects to be aired. Which is one of the basic reasons this site exists.
SumYunGai wrote:ROCKMAN wrote:But the real value of such relatively undefined threads is that it allows a mix of opinions on a variety of subjects to be aired. Which is one of the basic reasons this site exists.
It sounds like you are making some kind of an excuse for the existence of this thread, ROCKMAN. Why do you think it needs justification? Could it be the very unnatural way this thread was brought back from the dead?
This thread, which never made any sense in the first place, was started in 2013 and it managed to get all of 7 replies. One person voted in the poll. The thread died a natural death soon after it started. It has rested in peace for more than 3 years. Now, suddenly, Tanada has restarted the thread for no particular reason. I guess we are all supposed to talk about this subject now? I don't even know what this is. This all seams a little over managed.
If this thread is one of the basic reasons this site exists, why don't people just start a new one?
Subjectivist wrote:Why do you feel compelled to post on a thread you say you have no interest in?
Subjectivist wrote:Do you comment on other threads you don't care about just because someone else is talking about it?
Subjectivist wrote:Do you really believe everyone on this website manipulates topics just to distract you from other more important topics?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37679954
"Ni hao!" a group of Kenyan schoolchildren call in unison as they bound uphill towards a wooden hut perched on the hill ahead.
"Those are some of my new students," teacher Liu Yimenghan tells me, smiling broadly. "Chinese is their favourite class."
The Chang Rong Light Centre in Kenya's Mathare slums is a 15-minute drive from the centre of Nairobi, but it feels like a world away. Kiosks nearby sell Chinese colouring books, dim sum bubbles on hot stoves and schoolchildren carry canvas book bags from Beijing.
It's here, among some of Kenya's poorest communities, that Chinese companies are investing heavily, building roads and residential blocks. Many are now turning to education, developing programmes to teach Mandarin to at-risk young people on the outskirts of the capital city.
"It's a way to understand a different culture. As well as learning a new language, we also teach them about our way of life," Liu explains. "Next year, we hope to bring Kenyan children to China so they can practise their Mandarin there."
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