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My comments were in response to questions raised about my assertion that when discussing China, we should leave aside it's "psyche", which may include the ethno-cultural, geographic or linguistic divides within that country, but focus on individuals or at the very least, focus on the historical...

Hindus are homogenous due to their common religion. Not all nations need to have a common ethnicity, language and ideology as a condition of existence. By that measure, the UK wouldn't exist-the Scots, Irish, Welsh and English are separate ethnicity and languages. Neither would Canada which has...

We may like to imagine that, however, after the Mumbai attacks, even the Pakistani Taliban, who were fighting against the Pakistani Army, announced that they would cease hostilities and join the PA in a war against India. For Pakistan, the overriding source of identity for individuals is Islam...

China's belief in greatness comes from the greatness of their Han civilization, India's comes from a belief in their Hindu civilization. Han Chinese = 91% of total Chinese. Hindu Indians = 81% of total population. Is it very different?

Pysche of individuals matters, not that of a diverse bunch of people as the Chinese. I believe in individuality, and personalities of individuals in positions of power determine their roles and actions. A Mao and a Deng Xiao Peng were both Chinese, yet their differing individual psyches resulted...

The Chinese are not worthy of our analysis, only our contempt. :nod:

So not much different from the North-South divide in India, huh? :facepalm: