Patrick Porter, an Australian strategist teaching in the UK, has an op-ed which considers the role of war generally and whether Asian is the next battlefield:http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politi...617-20hzt.html

There a couple of sentences that struck me, here is one:
America and China are economically interdependent. The truth is, they really can't afford a major clash. China, by investing so heavily in US Treasuries, has become America's banker. In turn, it relies on American demand for its exports, as the consumer-in-chief to feed its growth.