Why didn't they give it to President Obama or Michelle (she has been to Europe recently) Obama? Because they are racists, that's why!!!

I happen to think the threat from China is very real and the fact that it recently became the #2 economy in the world, and that we owe them at least a trillion dollars that our kids' kids will still be paying off, and that they are the manufacturing capital of the world all lead me to this conclusion.

Beware of the sleeping giant.

[obligatory disparaging comment about Obama receiving last year's NPP]

what a shit government.

Told you, piece by piece, move by move, dollar by dollar, CHINA IS TAKING OVER!!!!!

Don't worry about it bro. As soon as they get bigger. Bam! Our Covert Ops will send another bird flu or mad cow disease their way.

We don't have to. There are hundreds of mllions of unemployed peasants in the countryside, choking pollution in the cities, traffic jams that last for weeks at a time, and neighboring countries are wary of them and their power. They will run into the same problems we have, and sooner and worse.

the alarmists said the same thing about Japan in the 1980s and you see how that worked out. so don't fear, little grasshopper, China has many, many internal issues to grapple with before they take over the world.

Comparing Japan with China is like comparing a water bug with a whale. Japan didn't pick itself up by themselves, did they? They had no other natural resources to speak of besides tasty sushi, and without the mighty $$$ being thrown their way in the years after WWII, today's Japan would look more like Cambodia. China built everything they had from scratch, with next to nothing foreign aid, and a vast landscape with abundant natural resources, their taking over the world is only a matter of time.

Even the Donald said this week that he see's China taking over in 10 years time. I suggest you get a head start over your fellow Americans by signing up for Mandarin class.

still being alarmist. remember the British empire? a tiny island with little natural resources that had a massive influence on the world. read some articles from the 1980s a lot of reporting is strikingly similar in tone. the pundits and politicians of the American Empire have a collective fear of being #2.

China has a long history (see: thousands of years) of insular thinking and distrust of outsiders. their opening up to the world has been incremental at best and their social strife is subdued by an oppressive totalitarian regime. also the Han do not have a great history of making nice with other cultural groups. so keep your shirt on, we'll be fine.

Its called imperialism my friend. They had influence over the world only because of this. Killing of other people and taking their land and their wealth, yes, a practice we should instill into every single kid in the western hemisphere.

except theyre like 2BB x stronger, so the analogy to japan is rather weak.

that's a rather simplistic response. what does population have to do with it? especially considering that a large percentage are still very rural and are hungry, disaffected, and oppressed.