On the other hand, I have great indignation for prize-fighting thugs who feed their narcissistic egos by violating the customs and courtesies of organized fights.

In my opinion, there are no good guys in this story.

Not necessarily because of who he is, but what he represents–An alternative view of the situation.

The more control you reach for, the less you will actually have. The Chinese Communist Party has yet to grasp the implications of this, which will become increasingly important as time goes on. My guess is that we’re not too far off from the next big disengagement from the world, similar to what happened with Zheng Ho. Rather than face the challenges and realities of being a world player on an even stage, which is what the rest of the world will demand of China, they’re going to throw the whole thing up and move towards insular autarky, quite probably not long after they get their fingers burned in some international adventure. The Chinese keep throwing up these totalitarian governments, and then suborning them from within, which is what really does the whole system in, when you get down to it. My guess is that the whole demographic/economic situation in China is going to reach a crisis of internal inconsistency sometime in the next 20-30 years, perhaps sooner. Where they go, afterwards? Who knows, but I doubt it will be “world domination”. That’s going to prove to be about as likely as the previous bug-a-boo, the one we had going about “Japan, Inc.”.