in thread "Spenglerism with East Asian characteristics": I'm not familiar with this guy's work, but it seems odd to suggest that China isn't a nation but rather the remains of one. From the western perspective, that seems true of 100 years ago, but now they have undergone a sort of ethnoregenesis with the revolu... 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 I'm not familiar wit (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 Who cares is the Party is Red or White as long as it catches mice? But I take it in the following passage you mean that there is some inherent civil conflict between the Beijing communist elite and the Canton business elite? As you say, they are both exist... 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 Who cares is the Par (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9