[PotatoHeadMick]

Now being picked up by the BBC’s correspondent.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17476760

[THX 1138]

Check out a book by a Canadian guy who has spent a lot of time in China, named Troy Parfitt "Why China Will Never Rule The World". There is a short YouTube video of him speaking as well.

His argument is that, because of its history of Confucianism, which preaches a strong hierarchy (the intellectual class loves that), they'll never be able to compete with the west, let alone exert much, if any, influence in the world. Interesting argument.