China set to launch first Aircraft Carrier

Err.... I literally cannot believe I have to point this out to you but no, your daughter is not catching up to you age-wise at all. The difference between your ages is constant and always will be .

If Mobby dies at age 50 (god forbid) and his daughter lives to be 51, does the universe implode?
 
Thanks. At least someone got what I was referring to.
Wait, does this mean that eventually China might be able to inflict losses that hurt more than being stabbed with a paperclip?
Out of interest, what are you basing this statement on?

Stereotyping, prejudice, badly written articles about China :mischief:

Also the fact that the US government doesn't think very long term, memory is about political cycles, China has no political cycles to think about
 
China thinks a lot longer term than the US, they might have something planned over a decade from now

A: In terms of building a navy, ten years isn't anything like long term

B: There's no such thing as an organization that practices long-term planning. It's a myth, much like the unicorn in your avatar. Everyone thinks that their enemies/rivals are steely-eyed strategists. For instance, if you get into the weeds of political websites, you'll quickly learn that the The Other Party has a cadre of devious but amoral operatives with a long term plan that will fundamentally alter the country for the worse.

Truth is that long-term plans, when anyone bothers to make them, are incredibly hazy projections made either by pompous blow-hards or tired, overworked folks who would much rather get back to coming up with jerry-rigged short term solutions to foil the masterful plans that The Other Guys have laid.

China has no political cycles to think about

Now you're just being silly. The fact that China doesn't publicize it's political cycles doesn't mean they don't exist. Reformers and conservatives and political cliques rise and fall, and that dominates the thoughts of your average Chinese official just like election cycles dominate the thoughts of your average American pol.
 
A: In terms of building a navy, ten years isn't anything like long term

B: There's no such thing as an organization that practices long-term planning. It's a myth, much like the unicorn in your avatar. Everyone thinks that their enemies/rivals are steely-eyed strategists. For instance, if you get into the weeds of political websites, you'll quickly learn that the The Other Party has a cadre of devious but amoral operatives with a long term plan that will fundamentally alter the country for the worse.

Truth is that long-term plans, when anyone bothers to make them, are incredibly hazy projections made either by pompous blow-hards or tired, overworked folks who would much rather get back to coming up with jerry-rigged short term solutions to foil the masterful plans that The Other Guys have laid.



Now you're just being silly. The fact that China doesn't publicize it's political cycles doesn't mean they don't exist. Reformers and conservatives and political cliques rise and fall, and that dominates the thoughts of your average Chinese official just like election cycles dominate the thoughts of your average American pol.

everything I've said so far in this thread has been facetious
 
Generaly when one is being facetious, it should be more obvious.
 
Top Bottom