RE: China's nationalism mutating into aggression
July 2, 2013 at 7:26 pm
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2013 at 7:32 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The only thing that -doesn't- serve their interests is an all out apocalyptic war with the US. They don't have to fire a shot to become a superpower...but if they do fire a shot...they are almost certainly going to wind up a super-sized pile of rubble. I don;t think that you ought to worry about that too much......one assumes that the engineers of Chinas emergence of late are as aware of this as anyone else. They'll be busy doing whats best for China (a category of things that doesn't include a war with the US) - not whats best for end of days scenarios. Meanwhile, there -is- a very good reason to project strength, as you;ve noticed Creed...there are alot of nukes in the general vicinity of China........there's nothing to be gained from being the sissy on -that- particular block. Eh?
(Chuck, was it you that posted a link to the new crop of chinese officials that's starting to replace the old..I recall thinking that some of those guys actually seemed qualified..lol - I've been trying to find that article for awhile....I can't seem to search it out on the forums.....)
(Chuck, was it you that posted a link to the new crop of chinese officials that's starting to replace the old..I recall thinking that some of those guys actually seemed qualified..lol - I've been trying to find that article for awhile....I can't seem to search it out on the forums.....)
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