[breakem]

I believe it will be China's century unless they mismanage their economy.

[JudgeAmint]

Klintoon is a MORON...ugh.

[Poohbah]

I believe it will be China's century unless they mismanage their economy.

Ready for the good news? China is like Enron with sovereignty and a few nuclear weapons.

[Uncle George]

The one with the bent penis is a Communist, thinks like a Commie and acts like a Commie. and would love this Country to become a third world Bananna republic.

[Nick Danger]

I believe it will be China's century unless they mismanage their economy.

Or their Severe, Acute, public health issues.

[tessalu]

Sure, China will probably emerge as the power of the next century, and Bill Clinton ought to know, for he sold out the USA, and sent all of our jobs to China, weakening us, and strengthing them.

[Dr. Frank fan]

I believe it will be China's century unless they mismanage their economy.

I believe it won't be China's century unless they significantly alter their political system.

People are often too mesmerized by population statistics.

[Charliehorse]

I believe China will break apart in the next twenty years Any country that is as diverse and large as they are with an irrational government as they do don't stand a chance in the long run. Remember Japan was supposed to run over us and look at them now. Europe is too saddled with socialism to be much of a threat.

[JoeSchem]

I believe it will be China's century unless they mismanage their economy.

Clinton has failed to incorporate recent population demographics. China is going to reel from the impact of its one-child policy, and Europe's highly-educated native population is contracting rapidly, replaced by immigrants from Third World nations. Of course, a similar phenomenon is happening in the United States, but to not as great a degree.

Nothing lasts forever, but news of Uncle Sam's death has been grossly exaggerated. I am old enough to remember hearing about the Premier of the Soviet Union pounding his shoe on the table at the UN and declaring, "We will bury you!" A lot of conservatives bought into that sense of historical inevitability, that the US was Rome in the final days, but Armageddon is still on hold.

What I care about most, however, is not that the US endures but that its ideals endure. If China or Europe do gain ascendancy, it will only be sustainable if they adopt the same ideas of freedom and liberty that have made America great.

[rimmont]

"I believe it will be China's century unless they mismanage their economy."

Predicting, at this point, either E.U. or Chinese preeminence in the next century, is absolutely ridiculous. Both of these societies, particularly China's, are full of so many potential "downsides" both economically and socially, they make America's position looking into the future, even with its many problems, look positively enviable.

[alrea]

I believe it will be China's century unless they mismanage their economy.

they already cook their numbers. business can't compete without some rules.

[maui_hawaii]

I believe it will be China's century unless they mismanage their economy.

"China's century"... wishful...

[laredo44]

I believe it will be China's century unless they mismanage their economy.

You probably were one of those in the late 80s/early 90s who thought Japan would overtake us, weren't you? You really believe in a managed economy, don't you? If so, the losers club welcomes you.

[desertcry]

...mismanage their economy. No, it will be very tiny critters aka VIRUS which will do China in. China does not have the infra-structure to control pandemics. Hygene and over crowding are very serious issues in China.

[Jeff Head]

It will only be theirs if we continue to abjectly fund their economic and military growth with our senseless complete offshore outsourcing and huge trade imbalance.

They are doing it with our dollars and we are fools if we do not treat them, a complete ideological enemy, the way Reagan treatred the Soviet Union. His challenge to them bankrupted them and led to their fall. The same needs to happen to China IMHO.

[HighRoadToChina]

"I believe it will be China's century unless they mismanage their economy."

Good fortune. Communist China will go the way of Nazi Germany before this quarter century is over.