tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post2345470026645111174..comments2023-09-09T07:55:53.277-07:00Comments on El Pollo Real: The Whole Chickenchickelithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-27908876608599711102012-10-17T07:13:33.172-07:002012-10-17T07:13:33.172-07:00I have spoken extensively on issues involving the ...I have spoken extensively on issues involving the "Chinese mindset" and don't usually throw that sort of thing out on this blog. However Chinese people and the Chinese Government tend to "think ahead" (plan, if you will) for eventualities fifty or one hundred years in the future. Thus the chicken becoming whole again might be a one or even two hundred year process that they envision. And if you engage the "man on the street" in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing or even some distant back water like Guilin or a hamlet in Yunan, they're going to echo that process of thinking.<br /><br />Western Societies think in terms of a four year election cycle (at best). And while we've done remarkably well to date, the Chinese are behaving like "the Borg" (pardon the Star Trek reference) by buying up every scrap of rare earth material and every bit of strategic metal that they can get their hands on because the supply is limited and they'll need it to meet an envisioned goal in fifty years.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com