Thailand is so messy now. Looks like no way out of it except clampdown which is history repeated many times over.
Thailand is at war with Cambodia over Preah Vihear. I've been to that temple. Beautiful place. Maybe that's why they are fighting over it. Hard to see how it will pan out.
Brings me to the Palestine-Israel conflict. Also no way out.
China is prosperous now. But that in itself is a conflict with its identity. How can the Communist Party stay relevant to the times and the needs of its increasingly globalised population and yet not have to give up its label of Communist. Difficult to reconcile.
In Singapore, politics is seldom mentioned. We have our peace and calm. Will this be enough?
Dick's Drive-In in Seattle, Washington
19 hours ago
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The conflicts you talk about is mostly about believes. In China, I guess there's no conflict already. Everyone has a common goal, economic progress. I guess nobody questions that (maybe small extreme groups, which exists everywhere for any issues). I guess as long as the leaders themselves have the will to bring the people towards a common goal, then conflicts will not exist. Though for some cases, all towards a common goal in a country, means going to war with another....
Thanks for your comments. For China, the conflict is not evident but a very deep running one. Emphasis on economy is something that follows the line that Deng Xiao Ping advocated of "the cat that catches mice is a good cat". The unanswered question is of ideology which China has yet to address.
The political will we talk about is different in different parts of the world. The difficulty is in certain sensitive issues, there is no common ground.
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