Thursday, July 19, 2007

Campaign silence belies importance of China

The reasons for silence on the political trail range from the pressing fact that U.S. soldiers are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan to the elusive nature of a competitive China that threads through issues such as the environment, energy, economics and security, analysts say.
"If you think ahead to the challenges the U.S. is going to face over the next 10 to 20 years, almost everyone would say that China is going to be one of those challenges," said Derek Chollet of the Center for a New American Security.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19804035/
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Although China being a strong future competitor hasn't been voiced by many political candidates, hopefully, the issue is on their minds. China will undeniably be in the running for holding the title of No.1 superpower in the world in the next 10 to 20 years. We must consider China as a challenge, as an ally and/or foe. We must continue to build our relations with China partially in order to enhance our internation trade system.

2 comments:

theyellingqueen said...

I agree that we need to build a friendly relationship with them. If we don't we will have huge problems in the future because China might become a superpower.

lil grape swisha said...

As said before US should be more affable with China for our protection. But we should not meddle in thei affairs as US has infamously done before with other countries.