Beijing lashes out at Pelosi

Great, so it's OK to attack a leading American politician now? Is that what the Chinese government is now saying? While it's a nice diversion from their brutality and criticisms of Nobel Peace Prize winner Dalai Lama, it again shows how unnerved the government is these days. Considering the number of ongoing protests around the country and now this, the previously invincible communist regime is suddenly looking like an overreacting bunch of thugs who haven't quite figured out what year it is. They want the prestige of being on the world stage with all of the money and political clout but they're acting much more like the two bit dictators that are standing by their side.

The more heads they break and the more high profile Western politicians they attack, the more the spotlight will go on this regime. If you are an up and coming factory country, of course you will take full advantage of this situation. All of this said, the China is today acting like the China of yesteryear. The suits they wear are better and they drive nicer cars and they live the jet-setting high life but underneath, they're the same old thugs from another era. Why should we even act surprised that they're beating the hell out of people? That's what comes with the territory when you do business with this regime. Do business elsewhere or live with the embarrassment of enriching thugs.