Was China given the blueprints for the International Space Station when it was not even allowed to set foot on the ISS as dictated by the USA? Of course, even if given the ISS blueprints, China would still not be capable of making its own space station. Or so they think. And then the USA found out that China made its own Tiangong Space Station and told the USA to just stay out.
Of course, as in the story of the fox and the sour grape story, the USA claimed they refused to take part in the Chinese Tiangong Station research because the signs and documentation were in Chinese and they would not learn Chinese. They want China to remove those Chinese signs and documentation before willing to join. Fat hope the Chinese are going to do that just to let them in. In fact, the Chinese already told the USA it has nothing positive to contribute to research on China's Space Station, short of creating problems as always. Many countries taking part in the Tiangong Space Station were ever willing to learn Chinese before setting foot on the Chinese Space Station.
But let the USA continue to think China is always one step behind them in everything, when the reality does not follow the thinking. That is how countries fall behind and are overtaken, being arrogant and over estimating oneself. No country is an exception, even being deemed exceptional. Exceptionalism is not the monopoly of the USA anymore, neither is progress. Every country, big or small, has the right to progress. Only countries that are too friendly with the USA, like Germany and Japan, could not break the stranglehold. That is the price to pay by being friends of the USA.
Anonymous
No comments:
Post a Comment