Barbarian Management

My friend Ian stated in his blog entry that:

"the Threat of China exist and is real..."

And he elaborated:

"Why the China threat theory? This country has always advocated that it has a 5000 year old history and so on and so forth. What's ironic is, while always emphasising on its great culture and historical achievements, the Chinese propaganda always overlooks on the Chinese imperialistic behavior. Granted that many felt that it turned inwards and was more domestically focused, one has to acknowledge as well that the Chinese considered all others as barbarians and that they were the "centre of the world" hence the middle kingdom mentality. This mentality continues to exist to this day with their perceptions that china is the best and the strongest. Examples of this in modernity involves my personal interactions with them both personally and professional."

He is not wrong. In addition, Communist China's ambitions and record of border wars since 1949 is there.

China, whether imperial, nationalist or communist, has always practised barbarian management. In this age of Islamic extremism, their relations with Iran and the supply of nuclear and rocket technology cannot be overlooked. Neither can China's supply of convention arms to Iran and Iraq (previously) be overlooked.

The reality is that the Chinese planners must realise that one day, if they were to provide extremist Islamic regimes with nuclear arms, the spectre of the arms will return to them and bite them hard... They really shouldn't be playing with fire.

Lee Kuan Yew, in his column for Forbes, stated it very well:

"Islam has not been a problem. However, contemporary radical Islam, or Islamism, is a problem. Oil without Islamism can be a problem, but Islamism plus oil becomes a volatile mix. Islamism plus oil plus weapons of mass destruction (WMD) equals a threat. Iran has insisted on its right to enrich uranium and has threatened to cut its oil exports, currently 2.5 million barrels per day, if sanctions are imposed. The prospect of a cut in supply caused oil prices to tick upward. A nuclear-capable Iran will significantly alter the geopolitical balance..."