Should the Us Sell F-16s to Taiwan? No, We Should Give F-16s to Taiwan!

The leadership in Beijing believes that if the US sold F-16s or any advanced fighter jet aircraft or weapons systems to patrol and protect the Taiwan Straits that it would be seen as a hostile move by the US. Fine, let's just give them the aircraft; two squadrons worth, and to India, South Korea, Japan and Singapore too. Why, would someone like me be so aggressive?

Simple, because China is busy selling weapons to every one of the United States' enemies. They've previously sold weapons to the Taliban, and Al Qaeda, which has been documented and is no longer military intelligence secrecy. They've sold weapons to Libya, Syria, Iran, and Iraq. In Iran they now have long range rockets, which are Chinese made, and in Iraq between Gulf War One and Two, they sold telecommunication products used by Saddam Hussein's protective radar system.

That's not all, China has recently sold advanced fighter aircraft to Pakistan, after Pakistan jumped out of a deal to buy US Fighter aircraft after the ousting of "the general," what's his name; Musharef. The United States should help China is anything that has to do with free-markets and free trade, but should be absolutely steadfast when it comes to freedom, liberty and democracy. Let's match not march away.

The problem today in my opinion is that we have a very weak President, and the Chinese sense this, and in my opinion our President's socialist leanings, education, up-bringing, friends, companions, advisors, are dangerous to the future of World Peace around the globe. Whether it be in Asia, Middle East, Latin America, or Africa. And I can provide 50-examples of real events and issues off the top of my head.

It's time we throw away the academia nonsense of the Rand Corporations little paper on "Chinese International Behavior" and face facts. Strength and Honor begets respect, that's how China does, it, so let's show them a little power projection, without the politically correct nonsense.

If China wants to join this world as a Super Power, they need to earn it and show the world that they are willing to play ball, without causing problems all over the world. It's time to have China join the win-win Western World if they wish to partake in economic success of the spoils of capitalism and the benefits of free-markets. Otherwise, back to the stone age; too harsh, well, it's better than being too weak, but alas don't worry not everyone has what it takes to be the leader of the free world. We've all heard about the Peter Principle. Why not wrap your mind around that.

By Lance Winslow

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Should You Be Sourcing Your Automotive Hand Tools From China?

Naturally your company will want to be competitive in whatever part of the automotive industry you are involved with. This of course means cutting costs in as many ways as you can without cutting or reducing the quality of you products and services.

The suppliers you choose to source your automotive products from can play an integral role in helping you improve your competitiveness if you choose wisely. The obvious answer to reducing your costs is to source your auto products from Asia and the first country that springs to mind is of course China. It is now well known that China is Asia's - and now the World's - most impressive marketplace on the current global stage. Now it is your turn to try and help you business in the very competitive automotive industry benefit from this knowledge.

China's growing influence over world markets, especially since 2002, is well known. The amount of products, machinery and materials flowing out of China is staggering. And yes, this includes automotive hand tools. The growth of the Chinese nation as a manufacturing powerhouse is undeniable.

A Warning About Sourcing Hand Tools or Any Products in China

Now, back to your business and sourcing the automotive tools that will help you become more competitive. Before you rush out and place large orders with Chinese hand tools manufacturers, a word of caution. Chinese manufacturing is cheaper because of low labor costs but, and this is a big but, if quality is important then tread carefully. In the world of automotive tools you will know that precision is extremely important as is quality control. Let's say you are an American company that supplies specialist hand tools to various other American companies interested in particular vehicles. You need to be sure that any products you supply are of a high standard and do their job at least as well as can be expected by professional mechanics. Now, what would happen if you received your latest shipment of 5,000 socket sets from China and started selling them to your own customers only to discover that the sockets failed before the torque strength they should? Not only will you have wasted a lot of money on useless products and shipping costs, you will also lose a lot of business from customers you worked hard to secure. The repercussions of that can easily destroy your reputation and entire business!

Choosing a Company Who Can Supply High Quality Auto Tools

The answer to the potential business destroying problem above can come from China's tiny but high-end manufacturing neighbor - Taiwan! It wasn't too long ago that Taiwan became a manufacturing powerhouse where costs were low like they are today in China. Nowadays, Taiwan is a world leader in the development and production of advanced technology products, particularly semi-conductors. Not so many people know that the entrepreneurial Taiwanese companies saw the potential for manufacturing China offered and decided to move their production to the main land. In fact, many of the most successful manufacturers in China are run or were set up by Taiwanese companies.

So, because the Taiwanese have quickly evolved into manufacturers of extremely high quality products it makes perfect sense that a Taiwanese supplier of automotive tools, or indeed many other types of products, can be your best friend when sourcing products. You should get items that meet and go beyond your specifications for hand tools.

Christopher Chuang is involved with Chain Enterprises' international marketing and JJA China Product Supplies. Chain Enterprises is a Taiwanese trading company with many years experience in supplying customers all over the world with custom and OEM automotive hand tools built to specifications provided by clients.

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Should You Learn Traditional Chinese Characters Or the Simplified Ones? Pros and Cons

If you've been studying Chinese for a while and are considering moving on to learning to write Chinese characters, you've probably already realized that there is not one but two ways to write Chinese.

When China became a communist country, the new leadership faced a number of problems within the country. They had to modernize, to build international relationships, and to combat a tremendously high rate of illiteracy. Chinese peasants across the country lacked the ability to read and write. The Chinese government decided to simplify a number of characters in order to make learning to read and write in Chinese easier. The result is "simplified Chinese". Most of the characters are exactly the same, but a number of commonly used characters have been reduced and made simpler to facilitate literacy education in China.

The counterpoint to this is traditional Chinese, still widely used in Taiwan and in some other countries with Chinese populations. Traditional Chinese should not be confused with "classical Chinese", which a much older and more complex form that only scholars take the time to learn. Traditional Chinese is very similar to the simplified form, except that obviously some commonly used words are more difficult to write than in the simplified form.

If you've decided that you want to read and write in Chinese, you have to make a choice. You can either learn traditional Chinese, or the modern simplified form. There are a couple of things to consider before you make your final decision.

If you're traveling, your destination might make the decision for you. Travelers to Taiwan would be well advised to learn traditional Chinese because it is widely used there. If you plan to visit China, you can learn simplified Chinese and read it everywhere there.

If you have a serious scholarly interest in reading Chinese, it might be a better idea to make the extra effort to learn traditional Chinese. If you want to read any Chinese that was written before the People's Republic of China was formed, you'll need to learn traditional Chinese. If, for a masochistic or heroic reason you want to tackle classical Chinese, knowing the traditional characters will help you as well.

Finally, if you're still not sure which form you'd like to learn, consider this. If you learn traditional Chinese, it's fairly easy to switch over to the simplified form. The characters you're learning will always be easier to write than in the traditional form. If you learn simplified Chinese, it will take a significant amount of time and effort to learn traditional Chinese. You lay a better foundation when you learn traditional chinese first, but you do put slightly more time into it.

Consider your options, but don't worry to much about the writing system you start learning. Some commonly used characters are different, but many many characters are exactly the same in both forms. It's not like you need to start over from scratch should you need to switch later on.

Justin White lives in Jhubei Taiwan, and frantically works at learning Chinese.

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To Study Chinese Dialect Folks Really Should Take Into Account Their Diverse Languages

Whenever many folks think of Chinese, they likely think of Mandarin, the official dialect for this Country, or Cantonese, the typically spoken vocabulary outside of the Country of China. Though, you can find several dialects used all over the Country which you ought to take into account should you choose to study Chinese language.

Due to their variations throughout the land, becoming proficient in Chinese languages can be difficult. the Mandarin language tends to be the sole language officially used. Different forms are ordinarily utilized in their own region and therefore frequently are not able to be understood by someone out of that region. In standard studies, just Mandarin and Cantonese in regards to its regular forms are taught beyond the Country. If you should want to become proficient in their additional dialects used around the Nation of China, then immersion will become needed.

Arranging the assorted languages is a relatively new affair. Fang-Kuei Li began the process during the late 1930's and from that time only minor changes have been made. 7 kinds have been accepted as being languages of the Chinese. Those groups include Cantonese, Wu, Hakka, Gan, Min, Hunanese and Mandarin. Other dialects will be classified in these groups. Yet, there tends to be discussions about whether or not they ought to be regarded languages by themselves. Plus, some even now remain unclassified.

Utilized by over eight hundred million folks, Mandarin has been determined to be the most typically spoken language. It will be distinguished via the loss of final consonants and four tones. On top of that, compounds are not used as often.

The Wu dialect includes around 77 million users and tends to be spoken within Shanghai as well as the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. You will find possibly numerous assorted used varieties that fall into this category including several which are in no way intelligible on behalf of the other kinds. Whenever you study Chinese language you should find Wu uses voiced initials, consequently causing it to be different on behalf of other dialects.

Cantonese, also called Yue, has around 71 million users. It is their most commonly utilized variety outside of the Country of China. It tends to be primarily spoken within Macau, Hong Kong, Guangdong and Guangxi. Many dialects fall into this group, however they may not all be intelligible to one another. The Cantonese dialect has kept multiple tones as well as all of the word-final consonants.

Min dialects consist of roughly sixty million users. They will be used primarily within Malaysia, Singapore, Fuji, Philippines and Taiwan,. Min will be the only language not directly derived from Middle Chinese.

Hunanese, also known as Xiang, encompasses approximately thirty-six million speakers. You will find it tends to be spoken mostly within the city of Hunan.

Hakka dialect consists of roughly thirty-four million speakers. The Hakka people are members of the Han Chinese. This dialect tends to be used typically within Malaysia, Southern China, Taiwan and Singapore. Though many people believe themselves being north china descendants, studies suggest the dialect of Hakka originated in the area in which it continues to be utilized. The Hakka dialect consists of 6 or 7 tones plus a full complement of nasal endings.

Gan language is used by approximately thirty-one million folks. You will discover it tends to be used primarily within The city of Jiangxi. When you study Chinese language you will discover the Gan language was in the beginning categorized as part of the Hakka languages, but both have since been categorized as different tongues.

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