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laodan rated 27 months ago
2 possible outcomes in the 21st century... There is only one way to look at this new reality and it is through the lens of history. What do we discover about the deep nature of the West and the deep nature of China? Well we discover a starkly contrasted narrative of each's encounter with the other people outside of their own borders. The West thought that the other people were not humans and thus plundered their possessions and killed them with no mercy... The Chinese offered very valuable gifts to the other people and initiated exchanges and trade with them. There could not have been a more starker differentiation in the attitudes and this leads me to question if the West is at all able to understand China and its way. Let's hope for... via kliuless in Metafilter... one article in the Wall Street Journal, one in Salon and one in Newsweek """ The Bush administration is busy preparing for a possible military conflict with China. "The most important strategic decision the United States will make in the next decade is not about Iraq, Iran or North Korea. It is about China. What will America's basic attitude be toward the rise of China? And similarly, the most important strategic decision that Beijing will make in the next decade is: how should it relate to the United States? Depending on whether the answer to these questions is 'cooperation' or 'confrontation', one can imagine two very different 21st centuries." The Bush administration's containment strategy for China may herald the next cold war. """ URL: It is about China. URL: As China Boosts Defense Budget, U.S. Military Hedges Its Bets URL: The Bush administration's containment strategy for China may herald the next cold war.
