[thaumasiotes]

> There is only one country in the world that is brazen enough to attack a US consulate in China.

> Russia should be the #1 suspect.

If it was actually true that there was only one country in the world brazen enough to attack a US consulate in China, that country would be China, not Russia.

[cryptonector]

GP meant (I think) that there is only one country brazen enough to do that in another country. I think that would be right.

I'm willing to believe the same operators pulled off these two attacks (well, they look like attacks; let us assume for a moment that they were). In that case it was either China or Russia -- I seriously doubt the Cubans would do this in China, so that leaves either China or Russia. Of course, it could also be North Korea, or who knows who else (Iran?).

I doubt anything will come of the local investigations, so until there is a third attempt, we may not find out what's up.

[wafflebear]

It's completely absurd. If it transpired that China had been attacking the foreign missions it was hosting, it would instantly go from superpower to pariah state. Countries would pull their diplomats out of China. China would lose credibility even among its allies.