[Quix]

Got through all of it. It's an astute article.

I have forgotten which river is where so I don't know that 3 Gorges' collapse would flood Shanghai or another coastal region.

Corruption etc. remains a serious, serious problem. But Chinese jugglers are greatly skilled in politics or the circus stage.

Millions of unmarried men are likely to be a very troublesome force whether they turn into AIDS spreading homosexuals or angry violent gangs roaming where they can.

Officials are aware of the fact that persecuting the authentic Christians only seems to make them multiply in numbers. Yet, they do it. The impact of that remains to be seen. I suspect that it will be the Believers who will pick up the pieces--except that they may be gone on a 7 year Heavenly holiday while evil in the world is punished and the world cleansed of evil.

Anyway--with China on the scene, dull moments are likely to be less and less.

[logic]

Don't forget 'as they march to the middle east'....