Originally Posted by billethkid

with absolutely no hope of recovering, challenging or even marking time as-is.

China has the money, the people, THE PLAN, the leadership, objectives, a huge manufacturing base, patience and no internal partisan competition with the good of the country as it's prime objective. Not necessarily the good of the people but their country is the priority...not the individual...not a politician...or a partisan division. They are also not first in line to provide financial or any other kind of aid to every 0one that has their hand out.

The following article does an excellent job of portraying China as a very competent world leader that will easily displace the USA as the pre-eminent super power in the world:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b852a826-2...#axzz1BP26Iw1Y

And they will do it without even having to fire a shot.

The front page of the Drudge report shows a picture of Obama shaking hands with the leader of China and he once again APPEARS to be bowing.

Our country will always be the greatest place on earth to live, however our position in the world will be substantially different.

In that familiar trilogy of lead, follow or get out of the way, I fear we are only capable of getting out of the way....unfortunately.

I would like to hear others opinions/perceptions of the future and China.

btk