Well... we'll go out with a whimper... there's never any great battle that does an empire in. China has never been able to unite themselves enough to project their power, but television, satellites, etc. have bridged the gaps. We're mistaken if we think our products... even cultural products... will transform them into pro-Western zombies. We borrowed so much from Europe and then booted them out of the Americas. Yes... Christendom is about the only hope. Remember "I give them empire without end" (Aeneas' father speaking to him in the underworld concerning the Romans) The Eternal City might move to China.