A short discussion about China emerged on the comment page of one of Ted's posts on his blog. It got me thinking and I just happened to stumble on a really good article about the future of China in the world. I wasn't sure what to think. You cannot deny the sheer size of China. I wonder if they can maintain a successful ecomony under a communist regime. Recent history suggests otherwise, but 9% growth per year is unbelievable (although they can only go up).
I won't say that it scares me or anything. I will say that its a little unsettling. I'll probably be long dead before anything happens, but it should be interesting to see how the U.S.-China relationship develops in the next 50 years.
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there you have it.
Excellent article. I've always been impressed with articles written by Zakaria. Lots of very informative (and not really very surprising) pieces of the where-is-China-going puzzle. I've always said that they are the power to watch. Interesting what would happen if China and India ever did boot American superiority in first-run science and engineering. That'd be a scary day...
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