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More 1st hand contacts is indeed necessary. Those cheesy WWII dramas, although nobody is taking them seriously now, still can instill a irrational hatred against Japan subconsciously through repetition.

3% is actually extremely low, making Chinese students some of the most driven ones. However, that handful of 官二代 really do get my nerve at times. They only socialize among themselves, don't even bother to learn English, failing miserably at every subject, and when they speak Chinese, they...

Like money is not an issue, are you gonna cut pilot flight hours for the next 10 years to afford it?

Turkey, due to its relative secularity, hence more modern culture, which minimizes such primitive practices as nepotism.

Optimistic, but not complacent.

1/4 of the Swedes are immigrants & their immediate descendants, with Arabs & Syriacs being the most numerous.

I think 科舉 played a role at instilling the tradition of academic excellence among East Asian yeomen. Whereas in the post-Classic West, power is off limit to most commoners.

Every single KMT president is a Christian. Says a lot about the banana nature of the KMT.

Interestingly US's old-time NATO allies are more independently-minded, whereas the newer eastern European allies are hell-bent on brownnosing the US.

Precisely. It would take too much time, effort , & $$$ to turn this sub-scale tech demonstrator into a service type fighter. The difference between this miniature toy & the actual fighter requirement is simply too great.

Christian Right & "mystical" Left (hippies) are equally irrational.

Same Russian media that's been saying that Su-35 entered service with VVS in 1996. Rosboronexport is so desperate that it's cooking up fake news.

It's not in the US's direct interest to safeguard the maritime transit between Europe, Middle East, & East Asia.

16x AShM, yet not a single SAM. Somebody needs to be executed. For major platforms like fighters, MBT, & warships perhaps. But for "lesser" weapon systems like tactical missiles & artillery, there's no excuse for not being self-sufficient.

Yes, life is good. Mexican economy was booming for much f the 2000s, as the progressive PAN fostered closer ties with non-US trade partners (EU, Asia-Pacific, South America, etc.), although the return of the conservative PRI (who has a history of selling Mexican interests out to the US) made it...

The definition of "happiness" varies depending on the criteria. But according to some lists, most of the top 10 contenders are in Latin America. Over here, women outnumber men by 1.05:1, and they do not share the racialist sexual "hierarchy" like the Anglo West. In fact, East Asian men are some...

Actually, the 10 happiest places of the world are in Latin America, but they all happen to have atrociously high violent crime rates. Guess letting your emotion/temper run totally out of control makes one happy.

Here in Mexico , there're two age groups for marriage. 1) The vast majority are the high school drop out type, who may or may not get married, but start to have babies anyways at 15~16 year of age. 2) College-educated professionals who do not get married until they're in their 30s.

Mexican aviation components are top-notch, and I dare to say that Mexican workers are more likely to stick to specs than some Chinese. But its domestic aviation market is quite limited due to US scrutiny over its military aviation, so no, it won't be cost-effective for Mexico to develop the...

Artist's impression of FC-31 in hypothetical Argentine colors.