Sorry, I was busy at work and got tired at home. I mean no intention of lying. Yes, I'm Chinese and my family history is intertwined with the Chinese Civil War and Korean War.

I couldn't remember the number of prisoners. Sorry, but really the Chinese prisoners had no say in the decision-making processes. It was right for China to insist on the return of prisoners as the United States was not trustable. During the Chinese Civil war, my grandfather was a Republic of China soldier before he was caught by the Communists. Then he became a communist soldier fighting for Communists. A lot of Communist soldiers were former Republic of China soldiers, Japanese-supervised Manchurian Army soldiers, and former Warlord soldiers. My grandfather was lucky to stay behind. My ex-step-grandfather, a Republic of China soldier, was not lucky, he fled to Taiwan, leaving behind his wife.

Again, 22,600 Communist soldiers did not really have a say. They were forced to sign repatriation agreements against their wills. I read the Korean War books, when I was in High School and I read that those Chinese prisoners were terrorized in U.N. prisons. I mean no intention of flamebait. It is the truth.

By the year 2025, China surpasses US in terms of economic output. It will have pebble-bed reactors ready for production. In 2020 - 2030, China should have a space station in orbit. By the year 2050, China should robotically colonize and mine the moon for Helium-3 if fusion power plants prove to be feasible.

This is as realistic as possible.

Interesting, when the Korean War ended, Americans forced hundreds of thousands Chinese prisoners to go to Taiwan instead of PRC, so that Americans can save their faces. I'm sure that the Chinese Korean War veterans in Taiwan complained about being separated from their wives, parents, and children for 30 to 40 years. American prisoners, on the other hand, were lucky as they returned to their own families immediately.

In addition, the Chinese prisoners received far worse treatments in American prison camps than what American prisoners received in Chinese prison camps.

I prefer wooden buildings over concrete buildings because concrete buildings produce echoes too many times. try it in a concrete building.

That's funny, over there in China, professors and scientists are overpaid and overworked (they are eager to work for long time). Years ago, a research department head asked me for help with his resume as he would like to send a resume to an American university. I looked up the salary of a researcher in his field and was dismayed to see that any potential job in here would have a salary much lower than his salary in China. So, I discouraged him from applying for a job in America. But anyway, he found an alternative way to work/research in America temporarily. A temporary research position is better than a permanent research position as there isn't much financial incentive to stay in America.

Please mod this parent down. Of all books, news, and visits to China, I have never heard of China's space program being military only. The only thing that is military in CASA is when CASA, like NASA and USSR's space programs, picked the best air force pilots for manned missions. It is a normal activity, not a military activity. So, click your heels and salute!

I've spoken to at least a hundred Chinese people and many more in many cities (Beijing, Shanghai, and etcs). Count me in as Chinese. You talked to me too.

I'm aware of the culture and thousands of years of culture is indeed hard to break. It is partly what we are proud of and it is partly not what we like cause it can hold back progress in science and technology and society (we are very superstitious with funerals and numbers).

Taiwan and Hong Kong went ahead with great wealth. Funny things were that there wasn't democracy in Hong Kong (British leaders were not elected by Hong Kong people) and authoritarianism governed while Taiwan grew up economically. It is in their genes and culture that helped them to reach high-level wealth. Indeed, greater degree of freedom exist in both of them today. China will be next to have high income per person.

I agree that public officials should be held accountable for their actions. I'm just glad Wen Jiabao and Hu Jintao are fighting against corruption in government. Life was hard three decades ago. Life is easier today and I hope that life will be easier three decades later. What's wrong with grumbling about one's government? Don't we grumble about our government too?

What dictatorship?

I've been with the poor, the rich, the super-rich, the middle-class, and the intellectuals in China. They talked about life, other people, and etcs. They hardly say anything about politics. Critics in the United States see China as a country or a single person because it is far from them. The people over there in China did not see it that way, they see low-level details such as having multiple cell phones, schools, your height, or whether the food taste great or bad. Whenever they see the government, they see low-level details such as police, traffic, marriage bureau, schools, road tolls, train stations, airports, city halls, and etcs.

Most Chinese people don't see what you see.

At least the company is in the hands of Chinese employees and executives. Having read the itnews.com.au article, I believe that the company is as private as the company I left a few years ago. My former company was not listed in the stock market because it was wholly-owned by one or two Japanese executives.

I did not know much about Air America and I later checked the wikipedia article. Wow, it was owned by CIA. I am pretty sure that Huawei is different as it is now #2 company (I forget in which field) and its future is as bright as Apple's future or Google's future. Although some of its employees are foreign, Huawei lift 100,000 employees out of poverty by giving them jobs with perks and benefits. Plus even its CEO admired the American capitalism and have read books on it.

I thought Ren Zhengfei was laid off as I have heard of military force reduction in the earlier years. I didn't know that "retired" is the official word for Ren Zhengfei who looked very younger than I thought. I later checked the wikipedia article and, yeah, you were right about his retirement. Didn't know that he joined the communist party. I'm happy that he joined it as the party was used to "not allowing capitalists to join."

When it comes to capitalism, I can vouch for it. When I was a toddler, each family can have only one blanket, but the winter was brutally cold in Northern China and the blanket was thin. Even my early family friend borrowed our blanket and never returned it. Nowadays, you can buy as many blankets as you want. That's capitalism.

I'd rather not to see rare earth being exported so much to other countries because of environmental pollution. I wouldn't want environmental pollution in my hometown. Communism was already dead over three decades ago. Communism requires iron-bowl system -- a cradle-to-grave support system. Now, it is harsh job survival environment, either you keep working or you will be fired for not doing a job -- not even vacation days can be used up (don't try to use up vacation days in China on job).

The wages vary geographically. In villages, the wages are low, but people are still happy cause they have low-cost living expenses too (they don't pay taxes too). In major cities, food and living costs are expensive. For example, beef in Shanghai is expensive as beef in the United States. I don't worry about bubbles in China as the Chinese people and the Chinese government are handling bubbles.

economy wasn't subsized in some ways. The government did not tax people, just tax rich people and corporations (low budget compared to US's budget). The United States did not give China Market Economy Status. Without that status, the United States continue to measure goods in China by looking at prices in other countries instead of China. That's how they declared goods as dumping.

Nope, it is 1.4 billion people laughing off. Perhaps you need to catch up with news fast.

Inflation not just hit all cities in china, but also villages too. From my visit to my hometown, I noticed that one kilogram of eggs, last year, was 4 yuans. Now it is 10 yuans. When my wife was in high school, an egg roll snack would cost 2.5 yuans. Now it is 6 yuans. I fully support Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu as she is looking out for the interests of Chinese citizens. I am proud of China for what it is - capitalistic, energetic, and full of opportunities.

She said that she refused to change the map. I'd say that she stood up against the Nature's demand. I fully support her decision.