- Culture Energy of China
In the book
Science and Civilisation in China, (Volume 2, History of Scientific Thought, ISBN 9780521058001), Dr. Joseph Needham
opens his discussion by considering the remote and pictographic origins of words fundamental in scientific discourse, and then sets forth the influential doctrines ...
That is, Dr. Needham wanted to know:
- Externally, did Chinese language have the capability to describe the logic of science?
- Internally, could the internal logic of Chinese language lead the Chinese people entering into the domain of science?
This paper will give a detailed response to these issues.
- Governability of China -- a new political science
In the book The Clash of Civilizations -- and the Remaking of World Order (ISBN 0-684-8441-9), Dr. Huntington wrote, "Analysts compare the emergence of China to the rise of Wilhelmine Germany as the dominant power in Europe in the late nineteenth century. The emergence of new great powers is always highly destabilizing, and if it occurs, China's emergence as a major power will dwarf any comparable phenomena during the last half of the second millennium. 'The size of China's displacement of the world,' Lee Kuan Yew observed in 1994,' is such that the world must find a new balance in 30 to 40 years. It's not possible to pretend that this is just another big player. This is the biggest player in the history of man.' If Chinese economic development continues for another decade, as seems possible, and if China maintains its unity during the succession period, as seems probable, East Asian countries and the world will have to respond to the increasingly assertive role of this biggest player in human history."
Obviously, the statement above is conditional and is hinged on the condition of "if China maintains its unity during the succession period." Thus, many Sinologists have predicted the eventual collapse of China or of Chinese government under many different scenarios. However, most of those analyses were based on the political theory of the West, which might not be applicable in Chinese culture.
Thus, this paper will discuss the three issues below.
- What is the source from which the governing power arose? Is it a good and upright source?
- What is the criterion to judge that a rightful government is doing its assigned responsibility? Who is the judge?
- If a rightful government has failed on its responsibility, what is the procedure to remove it? This is also an issue of the conveyance of the Sovereign.
- Satellite killer, unbreakable codes and more -- On January 11, 2007, China launched a rocket and destroyed one of her own satellite which flies in an orbit, 680 miles above the Earth. It was the Chinese way to convey her sincere conviction very politely that she will definitely knock out the GPS satellites if a war were forced upon her, and she has the ability to do so. Without the GPS satellites, the capability of F-15 and F-22 jet fighters will be greatly reduced.
If we want to define China as a foe, we need to know how many surprises are still there in her sleeves. As far as I know that China has, at least, two more magic wands for us: 1) we will become blind as China's wartime military code can never be broken by us, 2) our stealth planes will look like some shining birds in her sky. Of course, I will explain of how she can do these. But, the most important of all, we must first know what China's war philosophy is.
- Political Science and the Equation of War -- In the book The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (ISBN 0-684-84441-9), Dr. Samuel P. Huntington wrote, "Terrorism historically is the weapon of the weak, that is, of those who do not possess conventional military power. Since World War II, nuclear weapons have also been the weapon by which the weak compensate for conventional inferiority. In the past, terrorists could do only limited violence, killing a few people here or destroying a facility there. Massive military forces were required to do massive violence. At some point, however, a few terrorists will be able to produce massive violence and massive destruction." (Page 187 - 188).
The above passage was written in 1996, five years before the event of September 11, 2001. It was truly a great insight. However, it is not a scientific prediction because that the Political Science is not a physics-like science. Many people believe that the Political Science can never be like physics because Political Science deals with the subject of intelligence and free will while physics describes only some mindless particles and forces. I do not wish to challenge this kind of opinion. I, however, would like to point out that there are many more differences between Political Science and Physics in addition to intelligence and free will. If those differences are reduced or eliminated, would Political Science be more physics-like? Before we give out another opinion, perhaps, the best way is to find out their differences first.
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Comments on Rand's report -- Entering the Dragon's Lair
--- Chinese Antiaccess Strategies and Their Implications for the United States
With China rising, China becomes a potential adversary of the United States. Many research reports are, now, dealing with this important issue. These reports can be very important for America's future. Yet, they can also be very much misleading. I will analyze some of those reports in three directions.
- Are their logic consistent internally?
- China as a different country with different culture, do they have the basic knowledge to know the subject of their studies? For example, do they have the language ability to read the subtle and the underlying meaning of some important Chinese books?
- China might use a different calculator to measure this world. Do they have the ability to enter into the Chinese calculator?
- Iraq Predicament and Iran Nuke --
I. Learning lessons from history
II. Some golden laws on world security
III. The only way to stop the Iran Nuke
- a. The way of winning in Iraq
- b. Understanding the foe, the only way for victory
- c. Understanding China
- i. A brief history of the new China (PRC)
- ii. Facts about the Cultural Revolution
- iii. The true enemy of China in 1966
IV. Finding a true friend
V. Solution of Iraq predicament and Iran Nuke problem
- Solution on North Korea Nuke --
I. Dreaming different dreams
II. Types of world order
- Compartmentalization
- Two types of world order
- How to stay as #1 indefinitely?
III. Knowing about our opponent
- One example: about China
- The oldest encryption technology
- Culture geneticalization and its meaning
IV. The solution for North Korea Nuke.
- The methodology on China Studies -- The recent UN Resolution on North Korea's missile test shows that Chinese power is now a major factor for the world peace. The China Studies, thus, become a very important discipline. I have read some great articles on nuclear weapons proliferation, arms control, military capabilities, piracy and maritime security in Asia in many news magazines, such as Times, Economist, etc..
Yet, in my view, those articles on China Studies, especially in the area of American security, are more of opinions than genuine research works. Thus, I would like to offer an organized methodology on China Studies on the issue of American security.
- Issues of Asia security -- After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the collapse of Yugoslavia Federation in the late 1990s and the formation of the European Union in the early 2000s, there is no more singularity in the European dynamic equation. In the continent of America, Cuba is ready entering into a new post-Castro era. Some ripples of South America will not become a flash point. The Immigration issue, however difficult, is a backyard issue. The true flash points of the world are now concentrated in Asia. That is, the Asia security is the security issue of the world today.