I’d almost hate to know to what degree the Red Chinese bankrolled the Clinton Administration, and what trade, technological, and military secrets were sold into the hands of that government in return for their continued propping up of our nation’s economy.

But between Hillary’s stated calls to see restraint in the Chinese suppression of (supposed terrorists in) Tibet, and for President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, don’t quite line up with Bill Clinton and his charity foundation receiving vast sums of donations from Alibaba.com, the Red Chinese e-commerce giant that took over Yahoo! China’s operations a few years ago, as noted by the LA Times. (h/t to Don Surber)

One might be lead to suspect that there is something fundamentally amiss with the Red Chinese culture - one that has shifted from the utilitarian, wasteful, and often brutal excesses of the Maoist Era to Hu Jintao’s plutocracy of both party and state-approved-but-not-owned business elites who are nurturing the giant dragon’s rise to superpower.

One watches with a growing sense of concern as she regained her former territory once held for many centuries by the Portuguese (Macao) and the British (Hong Kong) and wonders if it is only a matter of time before Taiwan and perhaps Singapore fall into the Dragon’s orbit.

And it is not altogether improbable that at some point in the near future, possibly around 2012, when the wartime command of South Korea’s military forces transition back completely to that Republic, that the US withdraw from Korea, and possibly Japan as well, should Japan decide that it is in her best interests to further build up its Self-Defense Forces or upgrade the organization outright to a full-powered military able to wage war as a matter of political policy, should the much-discussed Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution be repealed or replaced. Mind you, this may not be an absolutely bad thing for us, but considering that South Korea has volatile relations with Japan and lesser so with its kindred in the North and in China, it is not impossible that South Korea might fall into Chinese orbit as well.

Indeed, some thinkers might posit the rise of the New Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, but as “rightfully” lead by the Middle Kingdom, once again asserting its medieval hegemony in the region, if not to outright push and contain a weakened and crippled America back to its coastlines (perhaps with the help of Russia and perhaps India) - the rise of the Shanghai Co-Operation Organization, or more glibly, the “Shanghai Pact” may portend such many dark omens for the West.

What is the problem with China? Is it her desire to regain lost majesty of millennia past? Or is it more down to earth, in the acquisition of financial and commercial power? How is it then, that a government once known for its ruthless adherence to central planning has now gone on to make a curious blend of socialism and strong, centralized power, but almost contradicting its founding Marxist principles by building up a strong capitalist class - most of whom, of course, are dedicated members of the Party?

There must be a sort of a kindred spirit between the Clintons and the Red Chinese: both are willing to say any thing, do any deceptive thing, and pass off inferior or even dangerous products to those unwise or foolhardy enough to trust them.

Whether it is trafficking in industrial and military secrets, or lying out of one side of one’s mouth and making rosy speeches out of the other, or while shaking your hand with a slightly condescending sneer while beating down on dissidents with an iron rod — hopefully while you are not looking or are distracted by some other seemingly important event — it is becoming very difficult to trust either of them.

Ed. note: When I speak here of Chinese, I am referring to the current communist government of the People’s Republic of China, and not any individual or groups of Chinese people.

Big h/t to the Big Lizards Blog, and his sources as well, for these photos and the story.

I repeat it here if only because people need to know what the Red Chinese Dragon does with its minority populations when trying to get the world to look the other way.

The Chinese (principally the Kuomintang a.k.a. KMT) did it during the Japanese military occupation of Nanking, and now, their apt pupils in the Red government are doing it now in Tibet.

Although this time, they are the occupiers rather than the occupied: Red Chinese soldiers of the People’s “Liberation” Army dressed in monk’s robes of the adherents to the Buddhist faith of the Dalai Lama.

Isn’t it enough that the Red Chinese have interfered with the internal affairs of a religion by disappearing the young 11th Panchen Lama chosen by lot under the auspices of the Dalai Lama, and replacing him with a pretender, a son of two Red Chinese Communist Party operatives?

That of course, was nothing more than an attempt to undermine (if not destroy) the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, arguably the most influential faith in that region; it is the Panchen Lama who would have some large degree of say in determining the 14th Dalai Lama’s successor upon his death. In fact, by matter of tradition, the Dalai Lama confirms the succession of the next Panchen Lama, as the Panchen Lama would for succeeding Dalai Lamas.

No, for whatever reasons they have, principally the historic and doctrinal aggressive hatred that Reds (Communists) have for any expression of religion or faith. Indeed, Communism is very much a religion in its own right, and any man-made religion given political power invariably falls into a particular lust for power of those it would hold in obeisance - in this case, the Tibetan “Chinese”.

Not able to content itself with fiddling in the internals of an ecclesiastic order, they have now moved to repeat the infamy of their forefathers, who used fauxtography - faked photos - to convince the world of all manner of tyrannies and wickedness being perpetrated by the then-Japanese Empire. While Imperial Japan of the early Shōwa period (1925-1945) era was not completely innocent of atrocities, these were magnified by volumes of fake news and photos of supposed Japanese atrocities. I won’t labor long on those items, since they are only germane so as to establish a past pattern of Chinese behaviour; here is a link to a site that discusses this in much greater detail.

Other links here…

… and some YouTube videos here, here, here, and here.

Detailed academic review of the Nanking Incident by Professor Shudo Higashinakano, The Nanking Massacre: Fact versus Fiction: A Historian’s Quest for the Truth

In more recent history, we can see the almost Clinton-like deception and dissimulation of the so-called Palestinians, with the fauxtography approved by Reuters. I mean, they could not even be bothered to try waiting for nightfall, as they hold a “session” of their “parliament” under “candlelight”, under the pretext that the Israelis had cut off their power. If you look at the curtains over the windows, they were drawn closed, but daylight is still flooding through. And the candles? I might be wrong, but they appear suspiciously bright for candles. Perhaps battery powered or LED lights? But wouldn’t that be just a bit too unlikely in an area completely cutoff from power and otherwise under siege?

Or the 2006 incursion by Israel into Lebanon to stop Hamas from firing its Iran-sponsored arsenal at Israeli cities: EU Referendum Blog has more on the exploits of the 2006 phenomenon, including the infamous Green Helmet Guy.

Or multiple reports of random 65-year old Palestinian farmers riding donkeys getting capped by those not very nice IDF soldiers.

But to get back on topic… China’s latest outrage is against the Tibetans, and have picked a particularly bad time to go about bashing them, with the Beijing 2008 Olympics just around the corner. The Big Lizards Blog has the details behind this staged photo here:

Also refer to the Japanese-language blog, the Epoch Times, for more source photos, including the particular agent-provocateur with his Communist friends.