China not perfect but not rabid<\/p>\n
I feel compelled to rebuke with indignation the brusque and
\nharsh comments made by Brien Doyle in his letter to The Jakarta
\nPost on June 20, titled China's umbrage hypocritical, which
\ncontained unfounded and extremely biased comments that China's
\ngovernment is Asia duplicitous rabid dragon.<\/p>\n
He should know that Yasukuni is not only a shrine that
\nworships Class A and Class B war criminals, but is also a
\nmilitarism "museum" with exhibits of war materials and propaganda
\nexhorting militarism.<\/p>\n
Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi canceled her meeting with Japanese
\nPrime Minister Koizumi because she had been "humiliated" as one
\nday before and during her trip in Japan, Koizumi had reconfirmed
\nhis wish to continue visiting Yasukuni and his ministers
\ncontinued to deny the nation's war atrocities, such as the
\nmassacre of 300,000 Chinese in Nanjing.<\/p>\n
On the East China Sea, despite China's rightful claim to the
\nEast Asian Sea gas\/oil field, based on the internationally
\naccepted law of the sea on continental shelves, China has offered
\njoint exploration and exploitation, whereas Japan's claim is
\nbased on a median line from a disputed territory<\/p>\n
As for the Chinese military, Andrew Scobell, associate
\nresearch professor at the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S.
\nArmy War College, after study and investigation of the actual
\nrecords of China's use of force over the past half-century,
\nconcludes in his recent book titled China's Use of Military Force
\nthat there is a cult of defense in Chinese strategic culture.<\/p>\n
Henry Kissinger wrote in the International Herald Tribune of
\nJune 9 that military imperialism is not the Chinese style,
\nChinese seeks its objectives by careful study, patience and
\naccumulation of nuances, and that the Chinese state in its
\npresent dimension has existed for 2,000 years.<\/p>\n
Concerning Taiwan, Brien Doyle could spare his energy as the
\nChinese people and leaders on both sides are wise enough to learn
\nfrom their long history of 5,000 years of union and disunion to
\nsettle their present dispute. Lien's and Song's recent trips to
\nChina confirmed this wisdom. The independence activists led by
\nLee Teng-hui of SDU are no more than 8 percent of Taiwan and the
\nmajority of Taiwanese prefers the status quo with increasing
\ncontacts with mainland China.<\/p>\n
For more than 2,000 years of human recorded history, East
\nAsia, with a predominant China with a pacifist culture, has seen
\nmore peace and prosperity and less war compared with Europe and
\nelsewhere.<\/p>\n
SIA KA-MOU, Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/china-not-perfect-but-not-rabid-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }