[trunker]

well yeah there's nothing wrong with being proud of what your country has achieved or what you think its capable of,.... provided your pride has a solid foundation to stand on and is a result of a balanced analysis. nationalism is just based on fantasy, as is every single other ism out there.

and yes, if i were chinese, on the one hand i would be proud of what my country has achieved, but at the same time i would know that china has a loooooong way to go on just about every front, before i bring out the "we rock, you suck" banners.