[dennisw]

(1)Their perception that they were master of the universe in the past history which they think would assure such an exceptional success and 

Wow.. I forgot about that Ming Dynasty, ancient 5,000 year old civilization ego trip. 
Chinese think they are master race
Muslims think they are "the best of people"
Jews are chosen
Wall Street is masters of the universe
It's getting pretty crowded up there!

(2) non-stop fawning press coverage from globalist elites in the West made them easily fall into this trap.

It can go to your head just like our 0bamy (African master of universe) and his Democrats get a free ride

[familyop]

By the way, China has one possible weakness that many others have overlooked: lack of properly maintained agricultural real estate in relation to the population. They have purchased some lands in a few other places (some of those places fairly secure), but I wonder if they’ll move to buy much more.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

It's getting pretty crowded up there!

Virgins for all.....ROFL!!!!