China's security focus is likely to increase ahead of a major Communist Party meeting in coming weeks. (Reuters)
ABC News Online: China's security obsession is now a point of national pride
China is the world's ultimate security state.
Beijing police proudly boast there is no corner of public space that surveillance cameras cannot see.
Every subway entrance involves bag scans and metal detectors.
Armed military police stand guard at major public spaces.
Various levels of lower down security guards are ever present, right down to the elderly civilian volunteers who keep watch on the street when big political events take place.
Away from the capital of this authoritarian superpower things are more relaxed, but the political culture prioritising stability permeates deep.
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WNU Editor: For Russians .... their national security focus is on making sure that no one invades the country. For the Chinese .... it looks like their security is more focused internally. I would personally not say that it is a source of national pride (at least among the Chinese that I know), but it is true that in the big cities the cameras, metal detectors, security guards, etc. are everywhere. Is this the future for the rest of the world ..... probably. And that is the scary part.
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Did Qin Shi Huang's heir get caught, because China was the original security state?
PAPERIEN!
Papiere, bitte!
What amazes me is that anyone would even think about invading Russia. Russia has the world's most advanced nuclear arsenal, the best led, best trained, and most capable conventional forces all higly motivated to inflict severe harm on any would be invader while defending their homeland and their families. Combine this with being the wotld's largest country with some very rugged terrain and extreme cold.nvasion of Russia. Successful invasion and occupation of Russia is not only impossible but is undesirable.
Improving relations with Russia should be America's top priority. Pethaps herein lies the key. Make it clear to Russians and their leaders that we will NOT invade you. With that said expansion of NATO is not only in violation of the negotiated end to Cold War 1 but is EXTREMELY bad optics. As such, this should be remedied forthwith. Cutting loose crazy countries such as Poland has huge upside along with no downside.
Oh wait Donald Trump and his team spent months if not years setting up a careful diplomatic effort to try and end or at least significantly defuse tensions surrounding Cold War 2. Unfortunately certain petty people pretty and small minded people pretty much destroyed this effort!!
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