Brute force is the clumsiest of tools for any nation to try and take charge of another region, far more commonly the battle takes place quietly under the name of economics. All countries that are able to do so use this tactic, the U.S. does so quite frequently.
As China’s power grows, so does their ability to influence negotiations. While terrorism is a near-term threat to the U.S., strategically China is much more of a threat. Then again, maybe I’ve read too many Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon comic strips.
From Xinhua:
Mainland China and Taiwan to Normalize Economic Relations
A Chinese mainland official on Taiwan affairs said here Thursday that the mainland would work actively for “normalization” of economic relations with Taiwan.
Wang Yi, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said at a conference on cross-Strait cooperation in trade and science held in the northwestern Shaanxi Province that the priority of economic relations between the two sides at present and in the next stage is to negotiate and sign the cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA).
Wang said experts from the mainland and Taiwan have basically completed joint research on the ECFA.
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While the citizens of China are for the most part good people, there is a strong nationalistic pride running through the populace, and we probably shouldn’t forget that as much as China moves into capitalist markets, they still have a Communist government.
While China is not an enemy of the U.S., it seems somewhat foolish to not recognize a rival of this size and potential power. Competition is one thing, but do we actually have to be helping the ones we are competing against? At this point it is too late, China has become an export powerhouse and a holder of billions in U.S. debt.
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