Thermidor, et al: I wasn't joking, and I didn't mean to sound as though I thought China wasn't a major global player. It is.. sort of. Did you know that the Chinese government is still artificially propping up its currency? If market forces were allowed to 'find equilibrium' with the Chinese currency, they wouldn't be…
I was thinking more of terrorism to bring the chinese government down. Their defense relies mostly on nukes, nukes are of no use with a location-less threat such as terrorism. Hell, the US wasn't capable of fighting terror, how would China do that?
And it's economy had grown 9,5% last year...at a time when they where trying to keep it at 7% due to the effect such growth has on it's currency (and all the shit that brings with it). Bear in mind that those are 'official' chinese gov'ment figures, so you can bet they're off by quite a bit. Fact is, the chinese have a…
well , there was the time afew years ago when the USA accidently missiled the chinese embasy in or around afganistan i cant remember where ) ... i seem to remember they demanded a big appoligy , but thats about it ... funny , i sorta enjoyed playing the sims 2 ... its the only one on that list i think ive played.
[ QUOTE ] well , there was the time afew years ago when the USA accidently missiled the chinese embasy in or around afganistan i cant remember where ) ... i seem to remember they demanded a big appoligy , but thats about it ... [/ QUOTE ] It wasn't the United States, it was NATO. It wasn't a missile, it was a bomb. And, it…
[ QUOTE ] Thermidor, et al: I wasn't joking, and I didn't mean to sound as though I thought China wasn't a major global player. It is.. sort of. Did you know that the Chinese government is still artificially propping up its currency? If market forces were allowed to 'find equilibrium' with the Chinese currency, they…
I said conventional air power. Nuclear weapons are not conventional - they've been used only twice in history. They're also not restricted to strategic air command. You could as well say that half our navy can destroy China, through submarine launched nuclear payloads. Even taking that into account, there's no certainty…
[ QUOTE ] I was thinking more of terrorism to bring the chinese government down. Their defense relies mostly on nukes, nukes are of no use with a location-less threat such as terrorism. Hell, the US wasn't capable of fighting terror, how would China do that? [/ QUOTE ] Not that it proves anything, per se, but there haven't…