The Iraq War And Beyond II Message Board

To: bentway who wrote (2120)	11/3/2005 10:50:19 PM
From: Ed Huang	Read Replies (2) of 2272

The speculation you mentioned seems to gain some popularity in US (I heard similar things before). It may be partially true but the main reason is that the Chinese as a whole is not very good at politics, or say, pretty dumb in politics. For example, there are over 30% Chinese population in Malaysia, who control 70% of the nation's economy, but the Chinese group has gained very little political power in the country. This example can tell you something... >>I think the Chinese think and plan very long term. They know that, without major disruption, their economy will pass ours in twenty or thirty years. At the moment, they need us to buy their products and finance their economic expansion. In thirty years, they may plan some military moves. By then, we may be a paper tiger.<< On the other hand, China may become a paper tiger after it becomes big 20~30 years later due to its internal problems.