[FreedomPoster]

The comment from alydar, in particular, reporting on a prognostication from 2004, is quite interesting. That post links to the full article here:

CHINA’S GREAT DEPRESSION
by Krassimir Petrov, Ph.D.
September 2, 2004
http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/petrov/2004/0902.html

Krassimir Petrov appears to have nailed it.

[Gritty]

Just like the U.S. emerged from the Great Depression as the unrivalled superpower of the world, so it is likely that China will emerge as the next.

I hope not.