I took the Jewsih joke from Corsair and used it to reply to some Hindian poster on the Economist forum some years ago:

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{I want to tell you a Jewish joke:
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[An old Jew in America was dying, and his sons were gathered around his deathbed.
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His last wish was for his sons to look after the African-American people to the greatest possible extent of their ability. Over and over he said, "Sons, you must help and protect the Blacks!".
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At last, his sons grew exasperated. "Father," they said, "We're Jews, not Blacks. Why should we care what happens to them? We should only look after our own."
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With the last burst of energy, the dying old Jew rose from his bed and yelled out furiously: "Fools! Without black people, they would come after us instead!]
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Without the USSR, they DID come after China. That was why Deng Xiaoping cursed Gorbachev to no end-- Not because Deng had much love for the USSR but because he knew that without it China would be subjected to all kinds of pressure from the West, and the US in particular, before China became strong enough to face it. I can still remember how awkwardly President Jiang had to deal with the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, the sailing through the Taiwan Strait by the US carrier battle-groups, the stopping of a Chinese freighter on the high seas. Bush version 2.0 would have followed McClinton's examples-- Witness the collision between the J-8 and EP-3 near Hainan Island. Then Al Qaeda rode in-- On a white horse. That took pressure off China for a decade. Through that decade, China's economy, and national power, grew and grew. By 2010 China became sufficiently strong that it was no longer vulnerable to US pressure.
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If there were no China today, curry eating would become the greatest evil on earth. The dying old Jew understood that but you DON'T.}