Implacable, China neither forgives nor forgets.
Its Janus mask has slipped but this is quite
deliberate. Cross China and you see the face
of condemnation, the voice urging that you
see the errors of your ways and swiftly make
amends. Relations will be restored but the arm
that holds you at a certain remove will be
lengthened permanently although the smile will
persist reassuringly. Have the good sense to
smile obligingly at whatever China does and no
harm will befall you. In so doing bear in mind
that the laws of your land meshing with that of
the global community, the values you hold dear
your enduring commitments must be less
enduring, your laws more flexible, your values
corrected. Beijing will brook no criticism for
the People's Republic assents to nothing with
a whiff of critique in its inexorable drive toward
world conquest. Err by offending Xi and his
rictus smile will become a death sentence ...
if not for you then for any he delegates to
sacrifice to the alter of Chinese pique and such
deaths may not be laid at the dais of the throne
upon which he sits but at your own humble hearth.
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