Reading current reporting, there seems to be dark echoes of a world I thought we'd never see again. A rising nation, subjugating its ethnic neighbours, pushing a major PR offensive while building for economic dominance and war. People ask why didn't the Allies stop Nazi Germany BEFORE they launched the European war ... I must admit I'm hard pressed to see the difference between the Nazis in 1936 Germany and the Communists in 2008 China.

"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."