China is on the march - in every respect

I can still remember my mother talk about the fear of the Yellow Peril. It is a racist expression describing the people of Asia.

I was reminded of my mother’s words watching the military might as the Chinese army paraded its power in Tiananmen Square earlier in the week.

Today a Chinese middle-aged woman assured me that Xi Jinping is a great Chinese leader and of course Taiwan is part of China and will one day be reunited with the mainland.

And all the time US President Donald Trump is talking nonsense and behaving accordingly.