Carl, maybe in parts of Africa and Burma, but I don't think the world will turn a blind eye to China, since its economy is now integrated with the global economy.
I also think the China threat is over played, not that they are not a potential threat, but they are also relatively easy to defeat. China is far from being resilient, it has a number of internal problems with its various ethnic groups, and various economic groups. These groups can easily be agitated by any number of external actors. They have one aircraft carrier that we can easily destroy, so what? A lot of smaller countries have aircraft carriers. China is just starting to modernize it forces, so down the road they may be a real "potential" threat, but for the immediate future I think we clearly hold the advantages in the unlikely event there is a conflict.
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