To: ggersh who wrote (14 ) 3/8/2017 2:27:29 PM From: elmatador Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 13803 It was with that in mind that I started analyzing the next developments, namely which country could derail the global economy? We all know the European case of handling Greeks, the Mediterranean countries and the rest of it, which developed into BEXIT but Europe cannot be the straw that will break the global camel back. The US has the world currency, the strong private sector and will not deteriorate as there is always a leader that comes and put it back into the right track. Looking closely, China was looking much more fragile than it is thought. The general the idea was the fragility directly connected to the real estate. I started looking closely and realized China does not know what they are doing. Twenty years ago, China has the plan to The Shanghai Five grouping was created 26 April 1996 with the signing of the Treaty on Deepening Military Trust in Border Regions in Shanghai by the heads of states of Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. According to political scientist Thomas Ambrosio , one aim was to ensure that liberal democracy could not gain ground in these countries en.wikipedia.org That is why China protects North Korea which is a cordon sanitaire of undemocratic countries. The natural case should be China be concerned about a nuclear armed N. Korea. These Stans countries, part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, are the so called Silk Road countries that China is doling our investments in infrastructure. China fears a Arab Spring spreading towards the Stan countries. Thus dole infrastructure money to them.As China needed the resources for the first decade of this century huge growth, it decided to engage the African governments that mostly aligned with their line of thought. Angola, Ethiopia, which I call the Tier 2 and 3 countries.