[zook]

In fact, it's really only a matter of time before China replaces the US as the world's #1 superpower. This has become even more apparent given the apparent desire of a majority of Americans to make this happen. For example, we no longer have the will to defend ourselves against Islamic fascism. We make excuses for our enemies. We'd rather fight and defeat George Bush than fight and defeat our enemies in Iraq. Don't tell me it's not all Americans; 60% is enough to make it so.

China, on the other hand, will never kowtow (no pun intended) to an Islamic enemy. Moreover, it has a rapidly growing sense of the need for economic and political freedom. China may never be a "western" democracy, but nor will she ever be the totalitarian threat she was 25 or 30 years ago. That geni simply won't go back in the bottle.

[Paul Ross]

China may never be a "western" democracy, but nor will she ever be the totalitarian threat she was 25 or 30 years ago. That geni simply won't go back in the bottle.

Ahem....I believe you should note that Defense Minister Chi Haotian begs to differ with you:

After the June 4 riot was suppressed, we have been thinking about how to prevent China from peaceful evolution and how to maintain the Communist Party’s leadership. We thought it over and over but did not come up with any good ideas. If we do not have good ideas, China will inevitably change peacefully, and we will all become criminals in history. After some deep pondering, we finally come to this conclusion: Only by turning our developed national strength into the force of a fist striking outward—only by leading people to go out —can we win forever the Chinese people’s support and love for the Communist Party. Our Party will then stand on invincible ground, and the Chinese people will have to depend on the Communist Party. They will forever follow the Communist Party with their hearts and minds, as was written in a couplet frequently seen in the countryside some years ago: “Listen to Chairman Mao, Follow the Communist Party!” Therefore, the June 4 riot made us realize that we must combine economic development with preparation for war and leading the people to go out!

Therefore, since then, our national defense policy has taken a 180 degree turn and we have since emphasized more and more “combining peace and war.” Our economic development is all about preparing for the need of war! Publicly we still emphasize economic development as our center, but in reality, economic development has war as its center! We have made a tremendous effort to construct “The Great Wall Project” to build up, along our coastal and land frontiers as well as around large and medium-sized cities, a solid underground “Great Wall” that can withstand a nuclear war. We are also storing all necessary war materials. Therefore, we will not hesitate to fight a Third World War, so as to lead the people to go out and to ensure the Party’s leadership position. In any event, we, the CCP, will never step down from the stage of history! We’d rather have the whole world, or even the entire globe, share life and death with us than step down from the stage of history!