Paranoid because they have reason to be?

China is the second richest country in the world behind the US with a GDP of over $10 trillion. They claim to have one of the oldest civilisations in the world. Militarily they are far stronger than all the nations of Asia and only the US and Russia can match their forces. Why then is China so paranoid? Chinese people are convinced that judges at the Rio Olympics are conspiring against their athletes. In these Olympics the Chinese have won 19 golds, 15 silver and 20 bronze medals which puts them in third place behind the US with 30 gold, 32 silver and 31 bronze and the UK with 19 gold 19 silver and 12 bronze. So although China has won a total of 54 medals it is behind Britain with 50 medals because it has won fewer silver. All these countries have thrived because a lot of Russian athletes have been banned for doping. Russia is fourth with 12 gold and 14 silver. Since most of the regulators are controlled by the Americans and Europeans it is not surprising that they fail to find anything against US and British athletes. Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France 7 times and would never have been caught if he had not confessed in a moment of madness. China is not above suspicion, is it? In the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China won 51 gold, 21 silver and 28 bronze, compared to the US in second place with 36 gold 38 silver and 36 bronze. Clearly something stinks. Not just in sports. China reacts by baring its teeth to all its neighbors. It has claimed the South China Sea as its territory just as drug gangs claim certain areas as theirs. In July a UN Tribunal ruled that China has absolutely no rights over the South China Sea and its aggressive tactics are illegal. The Chinese media labeled US and Japan as eunuchs. Er, yes but India is losing its tigers because the Chinese eat its private parts, because theirs are so inadequate. Americans have not complained so far. In fact, the Chinese eat every living thing and a picture of its animals market makes you sick. The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome started in China, apparently from a civet, a kind of wild cat. Only cockroaches eat everything like the Chinese do, and the Chinese eat cockroaches as well. So, why are the Chinese such uncivilised barbarians? Maybe, because the economy is not as robust as they want us to think and most of the growth is because of government spending. Local governments and companies have enormous debts and banks are saddled with massive bad debts. The government puts up all kinds of blocks on foreign companies while demanding free markets from other countries. At some point other countries will retaliate and then the excreta will really hit the fan. We hope it happens soon. A collapse of China will be a pleasure to watch.