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China use leverage over N. Korea, No
The world is again looking to China to tighten its leash around an unruly North Korea after the combative regime mounted a massive artillery attack on a South Korean island on Tuesday. But to no one’s surprise, Beijing is showing no willingness to use its clout over Pyongyang.
From U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan to British Prime Minister David Cameron, world leaders urged China to get tough with North Korea after the deadly shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island near the tense Yellow Sea border.
The shocking mid-afternoon attack on Tuesday killed at least four people, including two civilians, and wounded 18 others. It was the first time North Korea had bombed South Korean soil and civilian areas since the 1950-53 Korean War. Pyongyang’s provocations had so far been limited to maritime skirmishes or gunfights across their heavily armed border.
“China does have influence with North Korea and we would hope and expect that China will use that influence, first to reduce tensions that have arisen as a result of North Korean provocations and then secondly to continue to encourage North Korea to take affirmative steps to denuclearize,” said Philip Crowley, State Department spokesman.
“China is pivotal in moving North Korea in a fundamentally different direction,” he said.
In separate phone conversations with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Wednesday, Obama called for cooperation from China, while Japanese Prime Minister Kan urged Beijing to show a stern attitude toward the North and the British prime minister said he would ask China to join efforts to get Pyongyang to change its behavior.
Beijing is considered to have greater leverage over Pyongyang than any other nation as the impoverished nation’s biggest provider of food and energy aid as well as diplomatic support. But convincing Beijing to use the influence has proven as difficult as convincing Pyongyang to end its bad behavior
Experts have said that China is concerned that instability in North Korea could hurt its economic growth, trigger a massive influx of refugees from the North and lead to the emergence of a unified Korean Peninsula under South Korean and U.S. control across its border.
In reaction to the North’s unprovoked bombing, China again took up its usual phrase of “calm and restraint” without blaming its communist neighbor — the same phrase that the country had repeatedly used when it rejected Seoul’s plea for help in censuring the North at the U.N. Security Council for the March sinking of a warship.
“The Chinese side strongly urges the two Koreas to remain calm, exercise restraint and start dialogue and contact as soon as possible to avoid the recurrence of similar incidents,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Wednesday, though he said China takes the case “seriously.”
“Still, Beijing is unlikely to censure North Korea because it sees its relations with North Korea as a counterweight to the strengthening alliance between the United States and South Korea”, Kevin said, he is the Chinese citizen, the chairman of dinodirect.com, dinodirect.com is famous in Korea. “North Korea is a strategic breakwater for China,” said Kevin. “Their relationship is like that of teeth and lips. Without lips, teeth would suffer.”
Asiana Airlines is one of the two major airlines that severs South Korea and is an emerging leader in the airline industry throughout Asia. More and more travelers are coming to the region to do business as Asian economies are showing monumental growth. Asiana Airlines seems poised to meet this demand, and with the awards it’s been winning recently, has been quite successful in satisfying its customers.
When it was created by a group of investors in 1988, Asiana Airlines became the second South Korean airline. After Seoul, Busan is the second largest city in South Korea – originally, this was the only city serviced by Asiana Airlines. Today, things have changed and service has been expanded to 67 cities in 20 countries throughout Asia, North America, Europe, and Oceania. Centered in Seoul, Asiana Airlines is now a mid-sized international carrier with an excellent reputation for service and efficiency. Now, Asiana Airlines offers cargo services in addition to passenger flights. This airline, which is listed on the Korean stock exchange, is doing quite well financially, especially in these difficult times for airlines, and its projected earnings for 2010 are over 0 million.
Although Asiana Airlines is now operating in various countries, its main operations are in Asia. As a South Korean airline, plenty of its regular travels are South Korean or have family members or do business there. However, just like other Asian destinations, South Korea is become a very well like tourist spot. As a lot of people in the United States and other western countries are getting accustomed to Korean food, movies and other parts of that culture, they are also choosing to travel to this country. The recent Olympics in Seoul helped to make the world more aware of the city and country. For anybody who wants to visit South Korea, Asiana Airlines provides you with a convenient way to get there, no matter your present location.
Business Traveler magazine gave three awards in 2010 for their “Best in Business Travel” awards including: Best In-Flight Services in the World, Best Flight Attendants in the World, and Best Overall Customer Service. There was a fantastic awards ceremony on December 10 at the Los Angeles Sofitel Hotel that recognized a wide range of airlines. Business Traveler is a publication that serves international business travelers, informing them about the latest travel news and making recommendations on hotels, airlines and other travel related services. These awards indicate that Asiana Airlines is doing an outstanding job when it comes to providing superior service consistently.
Basically, whether it is for business, vacation or family related, Asiana Airlines can make your Asian flight relaxing and reduce the stress or ordinary travel. When flying, especially on long trips, the attitude and professionalism of the airline can make a big difference in your experience. Asiana Airlines is a very well liked airline that is aware of exactly what its passengers like.
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The country of Korea has followed the traditional thoughts of Confucius philosophy brought from Chinese philosophy. The high respect towards others, most importantly those with a high social position, is part of the Confucianism way of thinking. At the same time, an individual is supposed to be polite towards their friends, spouses, father and mother, grandparents, elderly people, and high-ranking officers. There are courteous expressions that should be spoken when conversing with people. Korea, among other countries within the Asian continent, was remarkably influenced by Confucianism and even today in Korea it could still be seen in the culture. There are certain expressions to be used between friends and for respected people in the community. The correct greeting should be used to show respect towards father and mother, professors and strangers.
It is important to understand clearly the casual and polite expressions that Koreans use in the language. As a sample, a person can politely greet someone “How are you?” by telling “Jal jineshuht-uh-yo?” however you may say “Jal jinetsuh?” instead whenever talking informally with a friend. Whenever you would like to say thanks to somebody in an casual way, you may say “gomawuh” but if you wish this to be spoken politely, you will instead say “gomapseupnida.” When you meet up with a very good friend you haven’t seen for a long period you say “Orenman-iya” but you say “Orenmani-eh-yo” if you address somebody you respect “Long time no see.”
In the learning of Korean, one should study certain manners of speaking as the custom dictates. Eye contact seems to be a necessary ingredient in communication among Americans and Europeans. For foreigners from the western culture, looking at somebody in the eye during discussions is a means of letting the other individual know that you are being attentive. For many Koreans on the other hand, making eye contact with an individual is not polite. In Korean culture, you are considered disrespectful when talking with a person, if you make eye contact with that individual particularly if the person happens to have a higher public rank. One example is when employers talk to their employees. Employees should refrain from looking bosses in the eye whilst they are saying something, or they may be regarded as impolite. Youngsters are expected to abide to the same principle when they are conversing to their parents and seniors.
In general, practicing to speak the Korean language need not be tough. Because of its language structure and pronunciation or “bal-eum”, the Korean language is not impossible to understand. Although determining the casual and the polite expressions for distinct kinds of people may initially be confusing, you will not have any big problems if you just know the way to use the expressions and whom to use them for. To better become acquainted with the Korean language, one could enroll in Korean language classes. You can also read Korean books or “gong-bu-anneh” and practice talking and start learning the accent or “wehguk gangseh.” There are numerous sources on the world wide web that can assist you explore and better learn the language.
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Suddenly, and with little warning, geopolitical risk is back.
Not that it ever really left, of course. Preoccupied with a sea of financial troubles, the world had simply put it out of sight and out of mind for a while.
Now, with all the thundering force of an underground nuclear explosion, our heads are turned to the globeâs unstable flashpoints once again…
North Korea: âLook at Meâ
In North Korea, the Kim Jong Il Regime has just conducted a fresh nuclear test (and fired three short-range missiles). âWorld leaders reacted with outrage,â according to CNN, in response to the unlawful test. The U.N. Security Council held a special emergency session to âcondemnâ the move.
âNorth Korea is directly and recklessly challenging the international community,â U.S. President Barack Obama said. The president added that âIt [North Korea] will not find international acceptance unless it abandons its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery.â
Therein lies the rub. In reality, North Korea doesnât give a damn about international acceptance. What Western leaders do not say, but quietly recognize, is that all their peaceful plans and prescriptions for North Korea are viewed as poison pills by the Kim Jong Il regime.
To understand the situation, put yourself in Kimâs shoes for a moment. Were North Korea to act logically and responsibly in the eyes of the international community, gushers of aid would come flooding in. Treaties would be signed… borders would open… the country would begin to heal… and the totalitarian machine that has crushed North Korea beneath its fist for decades would be swept away in a sea of populist uprising, its leaders thrown in jail to rot for war crimes against humanity.
That is to say, thrown in jail or shot like dogs. Or perhaps hung like common thieves. North Koreaâs leaders have CNN too â they saw what happened to Saddam Hussein. Does anyone imagine they really intend to let the same thing happen to them?
The Kim Jong Il regime is crazy, but not suicidal. Their tendency towards self-preservation explains why they hang on to the nuclear option with a death grip. Itâs their only form of insurance against getting turfed out like Saddam. That further explains why North Korea is unlikely to actually unleash a nuclear attack on a rival power.
But North Korea is a huge headache for the rest of the world nonetheless. While the regime is unlikely to use weapons of mass destruction, it can certainly sell blueprints and materials to the highest bidder. If some aspiring terrorist leader â a sort of Bin Laden 2.0 â had the cash and contacts to make something happen, Kim Jong Il & Co. would be high on his list of folks to see.
Some hope that if we only wait long enough, North Korea will eventually collapse of its own accord. But that isnât a very attractive option either. For one thing, a true collapse would again mean the bloody end of the regime â and thereâs no telling what a nasty dictator at the end of his rope might do.
Whatâs more, China lives in quiet fear of a mass influx of North Korean refugees (as does South Korea). Such a flood of terrified, impoverished North Koreans could be economically and politically devastating for the border country forced to receive such an influx on short notice.
Iran: âUs Tooâ
Somewhat overshadowed by the North Korea news, Iran has made moves of its own that would have surely dominated headlines in any other news cycle.
Earlier this month, Iran test-fired a surface-to-surface missile with a 2,000 km (1,200 mile) range, according to Reuters â far enough to reach U.S. and Israeli military bases in the region.
In further escalation, Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced this week that âIran has dispatched six… warships to international waters and the Gulf of Aden region in an historically unprecedented move by the Iranian Navy.â
As you can see, North Korea isnât the only country that wants attention…
âIranian waters stretch along the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman,â Reuters goes on to add. âIran has threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 40 percent of the worldâs oil is shipped, if it were attacked over its nuclear program.”
Once again, this isnât a case where the West can just ask Iran to play nice. Itâs a game of high stakes poker in which Iran is determined at all costs to reach its goal â full-scale nuclear capability â and is willing to openly threaten 40% of the worldâs oil supply in order to achieve that goal.
Israel: âWeâll Be Readyâ
And the country watching Iran with the wariest eye of all? That would be Israel.
Next week Israel will be conducting a five-day drill, dubbed âTurning Point 3â by Home Front Command. The drill is meant to prepare Israelâs rapid-response capability in the event of simultaneous missile strikes and terrorist attacks, the Jerusalem Post reports.
On the third day of âTurning Point 3,â a siren will go off âthroughout the entire country,â at which point all citizens of Israel will head to the nearest bomb shelter (or makeshift equivalent). Suggested reaction times vary by region â from less than 30 seconds in the Golan Heights to a full three minutes in Jerusalem
âThis isnât an imaginary situation,â says Israel Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai. âThis isnât detached from reality and if there is a war, itâs very likely that this is what will happen.â
According to a poll released by Tel Aviv University on Sunday, 51% of Israeli citizens back an immediate strike on Iranâs nuclear sites. The other 49% prefer awaiting the outcome of U.S. negotiations. That mix could change quickly, obviously, depending on how future events unfold.
To further ensure readiness, in the past ten days the Israeli air force has held drills simulating âall-out war.â Again according to the Jerusalem Post: âFighter jets, cargo planes and missile defense systems of the corps took part in the drill where defense from a simultaneous attack against Israel from the south and north was simulated.â
Make no mistake â there are some real storms brewing here. And we havenât even touched on other flashpoints like Pakistan, Venezuela and Nigeria… tomorrow weâll take a closer look at what this all means.
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See Full Film Here vod.journeyman.tv July 2003 North Korea was identified as part of the axis of evil by George Bush. Taking an archive based trip through North Korea’s recent history, we find out it’s probably a fair assessment. Includes great footage of Kim Jong Il, Kim Il Sung, private bodyguards training and Korean nuclear facilities.
Korean Girls Have Many Qualities.
Korean girls have many qualities ensuring that they are constantly in demand. Korean girls are typically very attractive physically – very feminine, petite and slender with delicate features and innate grace.
Korean girls are gentle and polite. A typical Asian upbringing engenders its women with the importance of manners and respect for others.
Korean women are charming and attentive to their partner. The institution of marriage is valued very highly in Korean culture and it is seen as a commitment to be undertaken with the utmost seriousness.
Korean girls are highly conscious of the paramount significance of family. In essence, Korean women have grown up respecting traditions that have existed in their homelands for thousands of years, of which marriage and family are an indispensable part.
Korean women are easily adaptable to new cultures. The friendliness and politeness of Korean girls ensures that they quickly make new friends wherever they go.
Why do Korean women like Western men ?
Korean girls are very familiar with the many advantages of Western men and value the virtues with which they are associated.
For example, the deference, consideration and chivalry, which can not always be found in their male counterparts in Korea. In Korean culture, Korean women are seen as being secondary and indeed subservient to their husbands, rather than interacting on the same level as them.
The politeness and respect that Korean girls have been raised to act with as second nature is not reciprocated in Korea, whereas Western men will return it many times over.
Korean women advertising themselves as mail order brides have an inherent desire to enter into marriage and family life and understand that Western men can offer the stability, both economically and emotionally.
This is a short video introducing the way Korean people bow to their parents and older family members on New Year’s Day(설날) which goes by the lunar calendar and falls on the 7th of February in 2008. You can listen to more details about this custom at koreanclass101.com ! Go to the culture class lesson #9 [Korean New Year]
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North Korea Military Diplomacy
Although often to show the hard way to carry out military diplomacy, North Korea’s hard-line diplomatic logic but it is still negative, it can be summarized as “people do not make me, I do not prisoners; if we are attacked, we will certainly counterattack.” North Korea to take tough military source, are based on “the heart of the US-ROK death I die,” the basic judgments are the first South Korean to “aggressive” response.
After the shelling, the two Koreas their hawkish statement condemning the military attacks the other side first. But South Korean Defense Ministry on November 27 has been officially recognized. It is being held a “National Protection Army speech.” The South Korean troops from the control of first floor extension to the disputed areas on the island fired artillery shells. According to information released by North Korea, said the shelling was due to North Korea despite the repeated warnings. In the exercise area to the North Korean artillery fire, Asics Shoes which led to the Korean military to hit back. Then shelling the truth is: South Korean military exercises during the disputed waters of the western inter-Korean the DPRK fired artillery shells triggered strong retaliation, leading to escalation of the conflict for both full artillery.
South Korea “protect the country,” the last day of military exercises, both Korean troops in the disputed waters near the island of Yin Ping sudden outbreak of intense artillery. North-South Korean military more than 280 shells were fired. North Korean army fired artillery shells into the sea, half and half the island a direct hit Yin Ping, particularly the island of South Korean military bases Yin Ping.
For the artillery to pass, according to Japanese media reports, North Korea’s artillery is divided into two rounds, respectively, in 23 November 14:34 PM and 15:11. Korea in 14:47 and 15:25 on Yin Ping Kang Ling Island North Korea across the Korean People’s Army military fortress gun to fight back. Gucci Outlet South Korean military response from the time lag point of view, South Korea Defense Minister Jin Tairong said before his resignation: “In accordance with the principles should guide and returned fire in self-defense.” Alleged compliance with the principle of the ROK is not to cause casualties on the DPRK in order to avoid large the scale of the outbreak of war. However, several levels of the system led to aircraft delays, making South Korea the end severely damaged and caused civilian casualties.
Shelling caused the outbreak of a series of inter-Korean and the reaction of the parties concerned. South Korea, had broken out, President Lee Myung-bak debrief immediately into the underground command post and issued instructions. He directed the whole army into the highest level of alert, trying to prevent events to expand and seek viable operational plans, through the Panmunjom talks.
How Korean Women Stay Thin – Their Secrets Revealed!
This article will reveal the answers to the question why Korean women stay thin. Read this article thoroughly for you to understand better. Fat and overweight people in Korea are very unusual and the term obesity is virtually unknown. The secret may lie in the genes, but the real answer is in the traditional Korean diet.
With the country’s flora, fauna, and geography surrounded with water, fresh vegetables and fruits are abundant. People love fish, plus the fact that they are all into healthy and clean living. The natural environment adds to the flavor and color of people’s lives.
Their meals have balanced nutrients, which can promote weight control and limited cholesterol consumption. The traditional Korean diet has 70% good carbohydrates found in vegetables and rice, 14 to 17% of protein, and a fat content of 13%. Compare it with the European diet, which follows the 40% carbohydrate foods, 30-40% fat content, 15% sweet sugar, and 15 to 20% protein rich foods. People living in this country consider having a sense of well-being, balance, and spiritual peace in relation to their meals.
The diet contains the following dishes:
1. Rice, galbi, rib-eye dishes, banchan
2. Kimchi, composed of pickled vegetables as side dish or appetizer.
3. Nappa cabbage vegetable variety with chili, garlic, chili powder
4. Sea foods, fruits, and vegetables
All of these have many minerals, vitamins, and nutrients.
There are many food choices, mostly varieties of fresh vegetables, fruits, and seafood. The seasonal vegetables are the most popular sources of food in Korea. Fruits that are in season have the most number of nutrients and minerals. There are also a variety of cooking styles, which make Korean food very colorful, tasty, and fulfilling.
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CHANGE OF GUARD IN NORTH KOREA
Kim Jong II, aged 68, due to deteriorating health was mulling passing the baton of power to one of his siblings since a year or two. He, the son of Kim-II-Sung, founder leader of Democratic(?) Peoples’ Republic of Korea, occupied the Supreme commander cum Head in 1973 upon the passing away of his father. After thirty seven years of uninterrupted rule, uninterrupted owing to the sole reason that dissent in any form is suppressed and silenced then and there justification being it is still a ‘so-called Communist nation’. Peoples’ democratic – how it dares to call it a “Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea” please don’t ask, find out the answer for yourselves isolated from the world by four iron-curtains only a window is provided to big brother China to peep into and also to convey important messages if any or to get necessary advice as and when required from big-brother, a cunning brother literally, cunning in the sense that a new kind of communism is practised there evenwhile practising economic freedom and following neo-liberal economic reforms, the dissenting voices are silenced when it feels like enough is enough.
But the younger brother has neither learned any lessons nor is it interested in providing a window of opportunity to any kind of freedom inside the four walls. Rule with an iron-hand, force the subjects obey the diktats of the powerful and practise whatever directions the master orders. Reminding one of medieval times and hence one Indian journalist once sarcastically called it ‘Jurassic Park’. Its co-brother South Korea despite being co-brothers like India and Pakistan – both are at loggerheads – is practising democracy, has thrown the windows and doors wide open invite other nations to invest and simultaneously invests in other nations and has entered into economic and strategic ties with them in the process turning out to be one of the emerging economies of the world, one of the prosperous nations in the world. While South Korea remains on a high growth trajectory, North Korea defying all advices and threats of sanctions by other nations was in pursuit of developing nuclear weapons without caring the basic needs of the poor across the nation. Please don’t be mistaken while extolling the virtues of South Korea, as a humble observer, I am not blind to the negative aspects of that nation but on weighing pros and cons the positive aspects always emerge to be the winner.
Now come back to the impending change of guard in North Korea. It seems as in some nations a dynastic succession is going to be the order of the day there also. In the power hierarchy after the founder leader Kim-Il-Sung his son Kim-Jong-II emerged the successor, the first of its kind in any Communist nation across the world and upon his retirement his youngest sibling Kim-Jong-Un, who is in his twenties is going to be the inheritor. Reports suggest, just before the meeting of the Workers Party – this is the name of the ruling Communist Party there – the election of Kim-Jong-Un was passed on to the media. It is reported that in the run-up to the party meeting the whole country wore a festive look, it should be so, otherwise it would be something shameful to the leaders and subjects. Worth remembering here a few months ago, on the birthday of Kim-Jong-Un a public holiday was declared to all as a mark of rejoicing and celebration. His ascendancy to power was on the anvil, then no doubt. That holiday declaration across the nation was something awful to the entire world.
Kim-Jong-Un was as per custom (?) appointed a Four star General, means he is going to be the ‘sun-gun’ – means the supreme head of Democratic(?) Peoples’ Republic of Korea. Kim-Jong-Il’s four siblings including the Kim-Jong-Un were assigned various important posts, among the four, one being Kim’s one and only daughter. Thus power well within the grip of a family and I fear we as well as the generation X have to witness this kind of iron-rule within the iron-curtains of a ‘so-called’ Communist country. If this could be called Communism how many of us would be there lenient to it?
Even the Latin American hero Fidel Castro’s Cuba after half a century of its Communist rule ponders over loosening control over economy. Such a possibility is not only probable but inevitable in the days to come. Why can’t North Korean rulers think for a while at least to keep up with changing times.
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Many men find it difficult to find a woman to share their lives with. There are many reasons for this. Often there is a gap between the expectations of Western men and women. Many men still want a wife who will fulfill what is considered to be the more traditional role. For those men, Korean woman dating may be a solution. Thanks to the internet it is an easy solution to investigate.
Korean Woman Dating Customs
Korean customs are still observed by the majority. It is an ancient culture which values modesty, humility and respect for the self and others. The women in Korea dress very differently from their western counterparts and do not show much skin. It is also uncommon to see people expressing their affection in public in Korea, it is generally frowned upon. This does not reflect on the behavior of Korean women in private. They are often said to be loyal and loving and relish the opportunity to be a wife.
Many men will be surprised at the extent to which Korean women find western men attractive. Popular culture is widespread in Korea. Hollywood movies are watched by many and are changing perceptions of what is attractive. Korean women have a different view of men than western women.
Dating Korean Women Online
It is possible to find numerous websites dedicated solely to dating Korean women. Some require a subscription fee and others are free of charge. However the free sites often make money by selling the information of users. All the sites operate in the same way. They have photos and descriptions of the women and you add yours so that you can search for them and they can find you.
Relationships can be difficult for many people and dating someone from a completely different culture can add to the problems. This can also be sorted out using the internet. There is a wealth of information about Korean culture. Also there are sites where users post and answer questions so it is possible to get some handy tips for that first email.
These days with the many technological advances we have at our fingertips it is easier than ever to meet that special someone. If you are tired of dating the same type of woman and want to find someone who believes in the traditional roles of marriage you could try dating a Korean woman. It is easy to search on the web from the array of beautiful Korean girls dating online.
Red Dawn….or Not?
In many ways the movie Red Dawn, released in 1984, was a tribute to America’s deep mistrust of the ‘commies’ or ‘reds.’ In those days, that meant fear of the Soviet Union. For those of you who haven’t seen the movie the plot goes something like this:
Russian commies invade the US–>They transform part of the US into a Communist prison–>Young American patriots fight back for control of their small town.
It is the quint-essential American film and was very popular during its day. The timing of the film could not have been better. It was released during the Reagan years amidst the rise neo-Conservative faction and billowing anti-Communist sentiment. For Americans, the film was an ego-boost for patriots.
Now, fast forward 25 years…..
MGM, seeking an easy buck, hoped to produce a re-make of Red Dawn. Naturally, the remake would involve youths rebelling against Communist oppressors as the first film had. But then came the question; who would be the Communist invaders? The U.S.S.R has faded into history books, and the successor state (Russia) simply does not strike fear in the hearts of Americans anymore (sorry comrades).
Just then, someone at MGM had a eureka moment. China! Of course, they’re commies too right? Every American fears China these days, we can simply remake the movie with a Chinese invasion instead!
The producers signed their names, and the film reels began rolling (not literally of course). It was finished, but then, word got to China about this new movie, a movie that depicted them as ruthless aggressors. The Chinese government condemned the film as proof that the United States sought to label them as an enemy; that the US was still holding a paranoid Cold-War mentality.
Here’s the kicker, Red Dawn was suddenly and mysteriously delayed. MGM claims that their current financial difficulties made it impossible for them to promote the film, thus they are waiting until their finances are in order before releasing it. However, new details have emerged that suggest this may not be the whole story.
It appears the folks at MGM have decided that the North Koreans make a better enemy than the Chinese. Now…how exactly do you change the very plot of a film after it had already been filmed? Well, reports indicate that they are re-shooting a few scenes while simultaneously going through and digitally changing every flag, every symbol, and every translation from Chinese to N. Korean.
Now, I admit that the original plot of the film would have been ludicrous to begin with. The idea of a Chinese invasion is laughable, not to mention the fact that China is not truly Communist. But now you have the makings of a terrible film, likely filled with numerous plot holes. An invasion by North Koreans?! You mean the country that cannot successfully launch a missile further than Japan? Let alone orchestrate a high-tech invasion of the world’s only true superpower on the other side of the planet?
Why the change in the first place? Why jeopardize a major film while MGM is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy? The answer is simple: Chinese pressure. The Chinese government and people do not want to be demonized (and should not). The outrage this film created in China was enough to place MGM on notice. Their executives asked: Do we release the film and risk the Chinese government banning all future MGM films in the world’s fastest-growing market? Or do we edit the film to placate them? Obviously they chose to go with the latter.
Now, I will pose a suggestion. Though largely overlooked in the media, this event is rather significant. Think about it, China’s economic and political influence is now large enough to force MGM to backtrack on a major film. This is something that the Soviet Union, the other great ‘superpower’ could never do. Does this mean that China has become more powerful and influential than the Soviet Union ever was?
From: http://politikalmatters.blogspot.com/
