Posted on 02/03/2008 10:10:36 PM PST by eekitsagreek
Here are some articles from the Foreign Affairs website that deals with the US and the growing importance of Asia (in particular China). I often wonder what the balance of power will be like as China becomes stronger economically and militarily. Is it possible that China may eclipse the US in the future? I shudder at the thought.
Here are the articles:
The Rise of China and the Future of the West: Can the Liberal System Survive?
Winning Asia: Washington's Untold Success Story
Their military will become a more growing concern, as they want to exert greater influence in the western Pacific. Their navy sure is expanding. I often wonder if China has a few ambitious plans after the Beijing Olympics?
Cracks are already starting to appear in the Chinese system. A system thriving on unbridled capitilism mixed with Communism ideaology.
The MSM makes a huge deal about the supposed “gap” between rich and poor in America. That gap is going to cause a revolution in China.
No country has ever caught up with the U.S. They get close and then they trail off. i.e. Japan in the 80s, etc.
I don’t believe this will happen with China. I think they will overtake us economically. Hopefully, if it comes to this, they won’t be in a position to overtake us militarily.
Some guess China will become more radical after the olympic, which has force China to play a soft tone on Taiwan for the olympic to be boycotted. I see a similarity with Nazi Germany and China. Strong nationalism bonded with socialism, olympics, and its lust for more territory and energy resource.
Speer as architect for both the games... one is the jr but still same design style.
There is no guarantee with that. They have been very active in attempting espionage activities in US, using Chinese Americans and visitors as their robot. The advantages is threaten with stolen technology to be applied to their new weapons. We should not forget WWII which Japan has succeed in winning a war with Russia, conquering large amount of territory of China, attacking Pearl Harbor, a country less than a third of California doing this much damage. Even worse, China’s population is more than twice than US. We should also not forget their ASAT capabilities which they destroyed a satellite. We are slightly heading toward World War III against China.
You nutheads should really read the article or at least read the summary of these two articles...
The Rise of China and the Future of the West
Can the Liberal System Survive?
“Summary: China’s rise will inevitably bring the United States’ unipolar moment to an end. But that does not necessarily mean a violent power struggle or the overthrow of the Western system. The U.S.-led international order can remain dominant even while integrating a more powerful China — but only if Washington sets about strengthening that liberal order now.”
Winning Asia
Washington’s Untold Success Story
Summary: Pundits, academics, and Bush bashers insist that the United States is losing ground in Asia, but they are wrong. The Bush administration’s Asia policy has been an unheralded success. Improved relations with China, stronger U.S.-Japanese cooperation, North Korea’s gradual nuclear disarmament, and expanding regional alliances have made Asia more prosperous and secure than it has been in decades.
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