With more than two billion residents, the world’s most spoken language and a booming economy, China is undoubtedly a rising global superpower. Suddenly America is faced with the prospect of a country whose financial and military power could soon rival its own, prompting many to wonder if China is a friend or foe. Is China really a red flag for the U.S.?
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A Critical Audience
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This questions falls on the thinnest of lines, and requires one to understand that China is, and is not, a threat, at the same time. The question is that broad.
But, the author here raises a great point. What is it that the international community will do? Sit back and watch a superpower rise to the top of the food chain, unchecked, and unleash hell on earth (as we have seen in the past). Or, will it get invoived, and remain involved, in guiding this waking giant into its fold?
For me, the question is this: Is the international community a threat to itself?
- stu
November 20, 2008 9:30AM
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