tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post5626911976321353267..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Good Morning World! Meet Your New Hegemon!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-31401784176593882082008-10-01T21:03:00.000-04:002008-10-01T21:03:00.000-04:00I heard on the BBC that by 2010, China will be Afr...I heard on the BBC that by 2010, China will be Africa's largest investor and trading partner.toujoursdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08106158181662408311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-83488635851535900962008-10-01T14:19:00.000-04:002008-10-01T14:19:00.000-04:00Right. Time to order Rosetta Stone for Mandarin, I...Right. Time to order Rosetta Stone for Mandarin, I guess.The Religious Pícarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620636294081499041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-33766451298744276522008-10-01T14:10:00.000-04:002008-10-01T14:10:00.000-04:00They just had a third manned space flight. They h...They just had a third manned space flight. They have nuclear weapons, and they own most of our debt. They have the world's fastest growing economy.<BR/>They have been moving aggressively though the developing world with aid packages and business deals, especially in Africa and Latin America, creating influence.<BR/><BR/>I'd say they're ready.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-83963986598073767092008-10-01T13:44:00.000-04:002008-10-01T13:44:00.000-04:00I can say "How are you?" and recite a children's p...I can say "How are you?" and recite a children's poem in Mandarin, and that's it. Back to the books!<BR/><BR/>But China can't even distribute untainted food to its own citizens yet - are they really in a position to take over?The Religious Pícarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620636294081499041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-27576997796394636972008-10-01T10:54:00.000-04:002008-10-01T10:54:00.000-04:00It's a bouncy tune. When I first heard it at the O...It's a bouncy tune. When I first heard it at the Olympic Opening Ceremony, the commentator said that it comes from a Shanghai opera.toujoursdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08106158181662408311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-13168254572843481812008-10-01T05:30:00.000-04:002008-10-01T05:30:00.000-04:00So very Western and so much 20th century.Not a chi...So very Western and so much 20th century.<BR/><BR/>Not a chinese note (or scale ;=) in sight. Very odd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-29632823365022300122008-10-01T03:06:00.000-04:002008-10-01T03:06:00.000-04:00Sorry! Hopi, not Deeh-nay. Old mind at work.Sorry! Hopi, not Deeh-nay. <BR/><BR/>Old mind at work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-86486739042477947142008-10-01T01:10:00.000-04:002008-10-01T01:10:00.000-04:00Not bad, actually. A very hope-filled tune in a ma...Not bad, actually. A very hope-filled tune in a major key, succinct and sound-bite in nature. If you'd like to get really creative, combine this idea with "1421: The Year China Discovered America" by Gavin Menzies regarding China's last great "manifest destiny" and the Navajo (or "Dine", sorry can't do accents) language. The only thing that got them hung-up the first time was "superstition" about a lightning strike on the capitol, a fire and...deforestation (land denuded of trees to build the ships that mapped the known world).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com