The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Staged Chinese riots against Japanese: an ominous sign
Lots of blogging today on the staged "riots" in Shanghai, during which Chinese mobs ransacked Japaneese owned businesses. With a hat tip to the Instapundit (Glenn Reynolds), Ian Hamet has been live blogging from Shanghai (Part 1 ; Part 2), and this is really good and detailed information but if I were Ian, I would be concerned about the local authorities getting a sniff of this.
You have to wonder why the Chinese leadership has gone about fanning the flames of hate against the Japanese, precisely at a time when Japan and the United States have just finalized a security arrangement around (e.g.) Taiwan. Brian Dunn has an intelligent take on these events, as does Greyhawk over at Mudville Gazette. (if you haven't been reading Greyhawk, you should be--every day. This is a man who has been in the thick of things. Check him out)
If I were in the Pacific Fleet right now, I would be keeping a close eye on our "friends" in China; there is an awfully lot of smoke over there right now for there not to be a fire.
You have to wonder why the Chinese leadership has gone about fanning the flames of hate against the Japanese, precisely at a time when Japan and the United States have just finalized a security arrangement around (e.g.) Taiwan. Brian Dunn has an intelligent take on these events, as does Greyhawk over at Mudville Gazette. (if you haven't been reading Greyhawk, you should be--every day. This is a man who has been in the thick of things. Check him out)
If I were in the Pacific Fleet right now, I would be keeping a close eye on our "friends" in China; there is an awfully lot of smoke over there right now for there not to be a fire.
