[Jeff Head]

I believe that civil war possibility for China is very high too.

There are several things that could lead to a civil war in China ... going too far against us may be one of them. Nothing says it can't occur while they are in the midst of an external fight ... particularly once fortunes turn.

Anyhow, the novel is fiction and those who have purchased and completed it are saying good things. I'll be happy if that continues.

[Poohbah]

I don't think they'll make to the point of "going too far against us." Witness the recent stoning of tax officials by villagers, and their own Islamist problems.

Their entry into the WTO was, IMNHO, the beginning of the end.