That was interesting to read, thanks. >>40 million Chinese people lost their lives to the Japanese More than I've read, reference? http://en.wikipedia.org/wik

That was interesting to read, thanks. >>40 million Chinese people lost their lives to the Japanese More than I've read, reference? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes#Mass_killings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes#Mass_killin... (Also, see famine parts there.) Also, that figure seems much higher than the official Chinese: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_Chinese_were_killed_by_the_Japanese_in_World_War_2 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_Chinese_were_killed_by_th... How many did the Chinese communist party get killed with hunger in the sixties and during the culture revolution? >>War is awful and thankfully the Internet seems to be eliminating 99.9% of armed conflicts. I think that is more of the democratic peace theory -- democracies don't fight wars with each others (-: not even USA :-). In the rest of the world, we really hope that China stays stable and go democratic...