[taiwansemi]

China will soon find that without intellectual freedom, they will not be able to fully realize their potential.

Third World republics all across the globe from Brazil to Indonesia to Turkey to S. Africa have all the "intellectual freedom" in the world, yet they just continue to be economic basketcases plagued by chronic parliamentary gridlock while China races ahead. The only "potential" they seem to have is a talent for requesting IMF bailouts.

[Hollywoodghost]

I see the Government of China turning towards conquest as a way to divert public opinion of their failures and seize natural resources (like oil) they need to expand. These will be small wars with limited goals (like the Islands off VietNam). I would also see a rise of a "big Brother" style leader. Lets hope I am wrong and freedom wins out. But--as we know all too well--Freedom isn't free and it its only won by blood (Just ask the ghosts of Valley Forge).