Will China lead by example?

Get a load of this.

A reception was held in Beijing [link removed] Monday to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people [link added].

Wang Yunze, vice-president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), and Palestinian Ambassador to China Abdul Rahim addressed the reception, which was co-hosted by the CPAFFC and the China- Arab Friendship Association (CAFA).

Wang said the right solution to the Palestinian issue is to conduct political negotiation on the basis of relevant UN resolutions and the "land for peace" principle in a bid to build an independent state in accordance with the roadmap plan.

Land for peace? It's mighty white of Red China to want to help smooth things over in the Middle East while it arms itself to the teeth in the Far East.

Land for peace? This is coming from the same country that has pretended for six decades now that Taiwan is not independent because to admit the loss of an island would be to lose "face".... And whose leaders get their panties in a wad and bluster about Taiwan being an "internal affair" any time someone raises a peep about defending that island from the massive invasion the Red Chinese are clearly planning to launch.

Land for peace? To a "people" whose economy would be beyond destitute without Israel? To a "people" who blow themselves up in restaurants filled with Israelis? To a "people" whose leaders are dedicated to the eradication of Israel?

Meanwhile, Taiwan helps props up the Chinese economy through massive investment and trade. Its government poses no military threat to China. And call me crazy, but I have a hunch that the lack of reports on Taiwanese suicide bombings in China is probably -- for once -- not due to government censorship of the Chinese media.

Land for peace? You first, China.

-- CAV