The Chinese govt finds itself in quicksand of its own making. The Nationalist fervour it has been whipping up against its neighbours recently with an almost state sponsored truth that their brown neighbours are beneath contempt and their islands and seas obviously belong the great and far superior Chinese nation. Sound familiar? Chinese people are convinced without a shred of doubt theirs is the most powerful nation on the planet, without an inkling of an understanding of economics and the fact that they also have more souls living in abject poverty than any other nation and that the wealth they have is reliant on selling their goods to those beneath them. Manila has now been bullied for a number of years for the audacity to let a group of Hong Kong citizens be the victim of a vicious crime by a madman and laying claim to islands within actual sight of their country. Earth orbits and sending a box to the moon have given its people the belief that their government is all powerful and conquering, even if was 60 years after everybody else did it.
Yet they cannot find an itty bitty aeroplane that was flying to its capital, how can that be its faithful citizens ask? We are the greatest nation on Earth, and why can't you punish those brown bastards who owned the plane?
Sounds harsh, but that is the reality of the Chinese media, and the already government sanctioned demonstrations against the overwhelmed Malaysian govt in Beijing.
Over the next few days and weeks the Chinese government will claim victory in trying to find the stricken airliner, and even possibly twist it so that it appears that it was their efforts that ultimately led to that finding, whenever that will be.
The Chinese govt has a lot to lose, its credibility amongst its own citizens being the fiirst, you can't claim to be Superman but not be able to get a cat out of a tree.
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