China's Emergence as a Superpower (till 2014)

[Dayuhan]

China's economy will not forever be a export-oriented economy. With a huge population, it has long-term advantage in market potential, labor resources and costs, as well as general advantages in market stability, governance, and planning. The urbanization of China and capitalization on investments and trade returns will produce a post-industrial economy not unlike that of the United States that but co-exists simultaneously with China's industrial economy, given the expansiveness of the country's market.

That's an extraordinarily optimistic view of China's economic prospects, and one that fails to acknowledge the enormous obstacles, constraints, and problems that China is coming up against.

The US is not an empire. It is the only the richest, most powerful subject in a universal financial empire interconnected through a web of powerful individuals, families, and corporations (specifically banks and financial institutions).

I commented before on the appealing principle of "malevolent design", and its impact on conspiracy theories around the world.