Reply #19: Chinese ascendency [View All]

WHATEVER the Chinese choose to do, it will be a major challenge to the rest of the world. For example, they're supposed to have millions of cars on their roads in the next 5 to 10 years. Result: the price of oil IS NOT going down.

They're using most of the world's concrete. They're building up a bigger, stronger navy to extend their influence. I read in a business magazine (Inc., I think) that Chinese automobiles will be sold here in the near future, and, of course, they're going to much cheaper than the brands we have now.

We're going to have to be smarter to meet these challenges from China -- a lot smarter than Bush and Co. Perhaps, Sun Tzu's most famous sayings goes something like this: "To win without fighting is best. Fight only when other means have failed." In Iraq, we resorted to fighting when it was not the last resort, and we are learning a lesson that, I believe, most Chinese children know. We are not winning without fighting. We are fighting without winning. I'll say it again. We're going to have to be a lot smarter to play on the same field with China.