[Circa89]

I got thinking that while every second thread here seems focused upon the Islamic Fundamentalism in the world we as a global community are ignoring the real threat to international relations -China.

China is massive.
China has the largest of popultion of any nation on earth. China is soon to have the largest economy of any nation on earth and within the next couple of years China will have the most power and influence of any nation on Earth. China has the largest military on the planet and nuclear technology to boot.

China is not known for their diplomacy or human rights. What happens in 5 years when China decides to annex their neighbours in Mongolia? Who wants to stop them? Not the mighty Americans, because Walmart may have to raise prices by 10-20% if they can't trade anymore.

What happens when China decides that they need more land?

Everytime Canadians shop at Walmart, Costco, even Canadian Tire we are transferring our riches overseas to China by the 40ft container load.

I don't mean for this to sound like an anti-China rant or a pro Michael Moore rant. I'm just very concerned how much power the world is giving to a country with poor human rights records. Ask Tibet or even Taiwan how much fun mainland China is to deal with when they say guess what? You're part of our country now.

Am I over reacting our will my children marvel at the stories I narrate telling of North American economic superiority!