Comments on: George Bush Sr.’s Frustrated Tenure in China http://transpacifica.net/2008/06/23/george-bush-srs-frustrated-tenure-in-china/ News, commentary, and resources on the transpacific world. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:16:14 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jun Okumura http://transpacifica.net/2008/06/23/george-bush-srs-frustrated-tenure-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-13267 Jun Okumura Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:31:42 +0000 http://transpacifica.net/?p=343#comment-13267 It's a good thing for U.S.-China relations that Bush Sr. had the presence of mind to hold his tongue. (I like to imagine that Bush Jr. would have given him an "appropriate" nickname.) Back in the day when Shintaro Ishihara was just a novelist, albeit a very successful one, he met Yukio Mishima, an even bigger literary name, for the first time, and told him that he was shorter than he had imagined. The 5-foot 3 Mishima was not pleased to hear that from the 5-11 Ishihara. It's tempting to think that this was one of the reasons behind Mishima's decision to take up body-building and kendo. And we all know where that led to. Size matters. It’s a good thing for U.S.-China relations that Bush Sr. had the presence of mind to hold his tongue. (I like to imagine that Bush Jr. would have given him an “appropriate” nickname.)

Back in the day when Shintaro Ishihara was just a novelist, albeit a very successful one, he met Yukio Mishima, an even bigger literary name, for the first time, and told him that he was shorter than he had imagined. The 5-foot 3 Mishima was not pleased to hear that from the 5-11 Ishihara. It’s tempting to think that this was one of the reasons behind Mishima’s decision to take up body-building and kendo. And we all know where that led to.

Size matters.

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