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envelope-from=dimech@gmx.com; helo=mout.gmx.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:131950 Archived-At: > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 11:49 PM > From: "Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor" > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu=2Eorg > Subject: Re: Emacs i18n > > Christopher Dimech wrote: >=20 > > People in Taiwan are chinese who rejected the intrusion of > > the chinese communist party, which trampled chinese culture > > with brutal communist ideology=2E >=20 > Well, yeah, it was an extremely bloody revolution and > decade-long civil war that laid waste to the country, the > loosing Nationalist side escaped to Taiwan because they lost, They have not lost, they are keeping chinese culture and traditions alive= =2E > since then the mainland China Communist regime has been > claiming they want Taiwan back but actually they are happy > that ROC brings money and expertise to the Chinese people that > actually benefits them as well, indirectly and thru various > mazes, but in time yes and they know it; and they are also > happy to have a remote enemy (which is protected by the US) so > they can drum up nationalism and spend money on their > so-called People's Liberation Army (well, "once" perhaps is > the word, again depending on who you ask)=2E This army actually > beat the US at least to some extent in the Korean War (mainly > because of a huge advantage in numbers, which is nothing to be > ashamed of BTW, on the contrary it is an excellent way of > winning wars that almost _never_ fails) - well, anyway they > partly beat the US and _in the 50s_ at that, that was as you > know the US time in world history if ever there was one, and > you don't do that without popular support - anyway now the > Communist ideology and society have left many traces thruout > Chinese society but that's it, on the whole it's just another > form of capitalism or market economy competition between > people and companies and various groups within the ruling > burocratic superstructure (well, they have a tradition of that > so maybe its their way, heck do I know, remember that in > Imperial China the elite DIDN'T rule as one may think, instead > ruling was done by a super-educated bureaucracy), it isn't > like anywhere else exactly, their own brand of it, but still=2E > Taiwan was once the workshop of the world, then that position > went on to China and Taiwan moved on to the most advanced > stuff, like instead of doing combination wrenches (spanners) > they did torque wrenches, and of course inevitably China will > travel the same path and they already do all kinds of advanced > consumer goods (e=2Eg=2E, my supposedly/actually (?) Japanese > power tools from Ryobi [pronounced "i=C3=B3bi"] and Hitachi > ["st=C3=A1si"] and Casio ["c=C3=A1sio"] wrist watch, all that made in > the RRC since forever, almost), and they are also innovative, > not on the "old Asia", Europe, or US level per capita but in > absolute numbers they are more than competitive, the only area > where China isn't a superpower is actually, surprisingly, the > military one, where they are out-scooped by both the US and > Russia - contrast this to Russia who is a superpower in one > and only one sense - the awesome and enormous might of its > military establishment: the army (undisputed #1 in the world), > the navy, the air force - including not the least the defense > industry, basically the only Russian smash hit (no pun > intended) on the international market save for natural > resources that is good by all means but it makes them > a regional power perhaps, certainly not a superpower from that > alone, and to be honest their skills on the individual, human > level - yeah, it is a poor state, they shouldn't stay at that > level with all the human talent they have in such a huge > country=2E=2E=2E >=20 > So step one for Russia and China to step up their game >=20 > *drumroll* >=20 > *fanfare* >=20 > you guessed it, inprove their English skills, in particular > among the educated or to-be educated youth and young adults=2E Tho russian realised that long ago after they began publishing their books about their tortured tales of human suffering in tho western world=2E It made many people warm their heart and fall in love with Russian literat= ure=2E=20 Samizdat was their equivalent of the free software movement long before its application by Stallman=2E > --=20 > underground experts united > https://dataswamp=2Eorg/~incal >=20 >=20 >