[DB]

The Chinese government wanted the fasted path to wealth possible at the expense of the longer term. They knew their days were numbered watching the rest of the world throw off the communist overlords and this was the way to extend their reign. It won't surprise me if the Chinese people's rage turns inwards instead of outwards for what the Chinese authorities have done to their future.

[FourtySeven]

If anything the Chinese impress me as a people who almost obsess about the future, the long term. It would surprise me greatly if all of their resource exploitation wasn’t with this in mind. That is, that they know they have centuries worth of at least some, and thus, could trade surpluses of some resource or resources they have in abundance for other resources they need now (or will need in the near future).

They are a very industrious and hard working people. And very smart when it comes to saving things (not just money) for the future.