Posted on 04/23/2012 3:04:49 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
“How close China came to civil war, we can only wonder...”
Very close, I imagine.
About twenty years ago I met a Chinese student who claimed to be the daughter of a Red Chinese leader who’d revolted against the central authorities and had control of the local forces in his province. He’d sent her and the family to the US for their safety and she was studying finance. I always thought her story interesting, like the Gov. of Arizona in open armed conflict with DC, but didn’t think it was really true or fully accurate. Now I think she very much might have been telling the truth.
Being a simple-minded American I found myself placing name order correctly and wondering who is Bi Den Jo, Ba Ma O and Bay Nor Xian. Thanks for the clarification. ;-]
Interesting Times for sure. (Which in and of itself appears to be a myth - apparently there is no such Chinese curse - “May you live in Interesting Times”).
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