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To: schrodingers_cat who wrote (123182)	4/7/2001 4:52:04 PM
From: GST	Respond to of 164684

Cat: China is in the early stages of becoming part of the world economy. All of the things you mention are symptomatic of that early stage status. The uneasiness comes from wondering how we will relate to an emerging superpower. Currently there is only one -- the US. The most effective way to subvert a monolithic, nationalistic, poor, hugely populated and ambitious nation is to introduce them to our secret weapon -- US business. If you think that US business is not all over China like a tall dog then I submit that you have not been there lately -- who do you think exports from China? Yes, US companies. And they will reshape China over the span of a generation. As for the Chinese military -- yes, I think we have some issues. But nothing like the issues faced by China's neighbors. How would you like to be Vietnam? Three-quarters of Vietnam's potential resource wealth lies in waters offshore and now being claimed by China and the Philippines. The regional struggle for resources is going to be very destabilizing -- not to mention, as you point out, the power of Chinese nationalism which goes to the bone of every Chinese person. To think that China is not important to us is to say we want no role in Asia -- a bigger mistake could not be made.