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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "a425couple"  wrote in message news:HopdM.591954$mmyc.481813@fx37.iad...   
      
   On 5/30/23 08:43, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "a425couple"  wrote in message news:uzodM.618915$qjm2.249320@fx09.iad...   
   >   
   > Is Cold war rivalry returning?   
   > The announcement of a Chinese space mission, followed by that of the   
   > United States, is reminiscent of the Cold War-era space competition   
   > between the Soviet Union and the United States. The economic rivalry   
   > between Beijing and Washington appears to have moved to space.   
   >   
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   >   
   > Why do Communist nations (and leftists in general) have such a desperate   
   > need to feel superior? Is it to deny their failings?   
      
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   Yeah,,,, perhaps part of it is to 'deny their failings'.   
   ??  Russia has long felt very defensive.   
      
   But, seems to me, the Chinese have a strong cultural tendency   
   to feel they ARE and must constantly insist they are 'superior'.   
      
   They are very willing to totally lie and distort history.   
   With Russia we at least had a period of 'Glasnost'   
   where they accepted the truth.   
      
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   https://www.newsweek.com/china-victor-power-both-arrogant-insecu   
   e-opinion-1557087   
      
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