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I agree. While China's rise might be unsettling for those who truly believe the world is unipolar (the Krauthammer thesis) and fear that U.S. preeminence is slipping away, it is less unsettling for those who understand that it has been and is likely to remain multipolar. Understanding that large shared interests exist between China and the U.S. is also recognition that there is vast opportunity for a non-confrontational, mutually beneficial long-term relationship. A world in which China is counted among the world's great powers need not be a world of confrontation, Cold War, or worse. Among other things, precisely because its economic miracle has been made possible by East Asian stability, a continuation of that stability is as much in China's interest as it is in the United States'.
To be sure, risks exist. But at this point in time, if those risks evolve to the extent that the U.S. and China are in confrontation, that outcome will more reflect bad policy choices/decisions than some immutable historic outcome.
I am kind of curious how socialist China is, and what the DP socialists think of China... It seems like they have been opening the economy up a little bit, so I am not sure where they stand.
This isn't really surprising, seeing as how China is investing its money in its people, in things like education, public transportation, internet, and so forth. How does the US expect to compete when we are going to be cutting education and not doing much about rising college tuition rates, it may soon be to the point where only a privileged few can actually afford a college education.
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American cars don't even compete with European or Japanese IMO... and wouldn't have an auto industry if it weren't for the tax payers bailing most of them out. Imagine if that didn't happen..
We are better off with excessively low taxes and not spending on science and research. Everything must be cut! Science must be cut, so America is will remain best country on Earth!
:2razz::2razz:
So... China is excelling. Good for them. I can't help but like a country that's more interested in progressing than having big guns.
Meh. Still not scared. America has video gamers on the same level as South Park WoW parody + unmanned kill-drones. The next world war winner will be the first to militarize outer-space enough and whoever has the best information control. 100,000 missiles in space could beat any combo of airstrips and aircraft.
Total horse****, we never cut education and never will. It's nothing but a leftist talking point. Show me where it was cut, even a dollar. What percentage of the Chinese budget goes toward entitlements?
I agree. While China's rise might be unsettling for those who truly believe the world is unipolar (the Krauthammer thesis) and fear that U.S. preeminence is slipping away, it is less unsettling for those who understand that it has been and is likely to remain multipolar. Understanding that large shared interests exist between China and the U.S. is also recognition that there is vast opportunity for a non-confrontational, mutually beneficial long-term relationship. A world in which China is counted among the world's great powers need not be a world of confrontation, Cold War, or worse. Among other things, precisely because its economic miracle has been made possible by East Asian stability, a continuation of that stability is as much in China's interest as it is in the United States'.
To be sure, risks exist. But at this point in time, if those risks evolve to the extent that the U.S. and China are in confrontation, that outcome will more reflect bad policy choices/decisions than some immutable historic outcome.
Quite the opposite. We are at historical highs in college attendance:I can kinda believe this. The sad thing is that in the US we are seeing less and less people go to college and obtain graduate degrees.
This isn't really surprising, seeing as how China is investing its money in its people, in things like education, public transportation, internet, and so forth. How does the US expect to compete when we are going to be cutting education and not doing much about rising college tuition rates, it may soon be to the point where only a privileged few can actually afford a college education.
Source.
Edit: Also look here
Quite the opposite. We are at historical highs in college attendance:
There is way too much fear-mongering about China. People hear China is building an aircraft carrier and start losing their **** even though the French already got one, the Russians too with more on the way for them, India will have two by the time China has its one, and even Brazil has an aircraft carrier. So, in fact, all this fear about China is overblown. Certainly it is a rising power that will play a significant role in the world, but even if we had reason to be afraid of China becoming a major military player it is still not something likely in this decade. Keep in mind that the U.S. is right now capable of matching the rest of the world's carrier force 1:1 and no other country's are supercarriers of the Nimitz tonnage.
That will be the point at which we're really ****ed. We gave up our industrial capabilities and focused on technology; but to do that you have to remain on the forefront of science and engineering. If you don't, you won't have anything left at all. Sad that we don't really want to be #1 anymore.
that's the real question.
they spend money educating their people
we spend money enabling ours
I am kind of curious how socialist China is, and what the DP socialists think of China... It seems like they have been opening the economy up a little bit, so I am not sure where they stand.
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