[edpc]

Nothing terribly new here.....just another reminder to watch the storm on the horizon.

[RolandTignor]

They will also have the Texas trans-corridor to take over the United States.

[arthurus]

We need to ice IRAN very soon because we have another enemy in line and Russia behind China. It never ends until America truly owns the planet, unless sharia comes first.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Why isn't Rosie O Donnell making fun of them now?

/h

[hosepipe]

Japan had better do some business or get off the pot..
Making only cars could get them NUKED..

Forget the earthquakes.. Japan.. the Chinese have the evil eye.. How do you say revenge in Japanese?..

[Cacique]

btt

[zarf]

Well, the US certainly isn't a superpower. The world might need one.

[Androcles]

The ultimate question must be whether Beijing's leaders have any purpose in assembling a military machine worthy of a superpower other than to have the strength to challenge the United States' strategic position in Asia. It is time to take China's military expansion seriously.

Yep, the build-up should be taken seriously and the US hsould be ready to counter it (Among others). However, a legitimate reason is probably that the CHinese are unhappy knowing that the US can move in and interfere with them at little cost at any time - even a dictatorship wants their national pride and ability to deter what they see as foreign aggression to be respected.

[Leisler]

No trend last forever. China has had a annual growth rate around 10%. Supposedly. Anyways, when that crashes or cools, the Communist Party might well want a scape goat. Take your pick. Russia, Taiwan, Japan, India,Vietnam, the US.

Matter of fact, since everyone has been sucking off and know towing to the Chinese for the last decade, the Communist Party would, in their view, rationally expect foreigners to appease and support the Communist Party and China. If anyone gets a semblance of a jellyfish spine, they( the Chinese ) are going to be really mad. After that...who knows.

Mind you our elite are the same people that let Hitler grow, supported Stalin, were surprised about Korea, couldn't manage Vietnam, were surprised about the fall of the Iron Curtain, managed Saddam until he surprised us by invading Kuwait( but by then we were up to speed and knew/didn't know after tens of billions of intel spent if he had WMDs). So, we can fairly bet that whatever China does, we'll know about it days after and it will be a surprise to our State/Intel/Mil bureaucracy. But we do have nice shiney buildings, and everyone is clean, desks orderly and up on their multicultural diversity/sexual orientation discrimination and no smoking weight preventions programs. Which is nice.