…and make no sense at all. Here’s the Telegraph trying to downplay the news about the secret submarine base at Sanya:
In a recent piece for our sister paper, The Sunday Telegraph, the Chinese ambassador to London rightly asked Britain not to “demonise” China, and to offer it more respect and understanding.
All should agree that such a process has to be built around openness; too often China seeks to conceal its activities, and becomes defensive when questioned – for example, over its treatment of Tibet, or its incarceration of political prisoners, or its many other breaches of human rights.
We must not be alarmist over China’s increasing power, but we must urge that it behaves in a moral fashion towards both its people and its fellow nations. Otherwise, however great its economic and military might become, its remarkable people will never enjoy the recognition and respect they undoubtedly deserve.
That last line cracks me up. Why would China worry about “recognition and respect” from people it is determined to relegate to a 2nd-rate status?
CIA Director Michael Hayden gave a speech which didn’t sound too bad in this article from the Pakistan Times:
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