A Gift for Bush

"President Hu is expected to present US counterpart George W. Bush with a copy of Sun Tzu's The Art of War.

"The book, an ancient Chinese text on military strategy, is famed for insights such as: "Winning without fighting is the best strategy of all."

-- People's Daily, April 21

And another wisdom:

"There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare."

-- The Art of War

The Chinese aren't all that inscrutable after all.