We need ideas on how China and the United States could live together because a war between China and the United States could end many future hopes for everyone.
On the Jade Rabbit moon rover, a few years ago, on another message board, an officer in Chinese intelligence said that China intends to establish a military base on the Moon. The rover is looking for minerals, so evidently is a first step in developing a Chinese claim to the Moon. China has been especially interested in minerals, and over the past few years has tied up much mineral production throughout the world with multi-decade contracts. In terms of possible long term goals, in the last year, China has been moving to deny rare earth metals to non-Chinese corporations, a gradual step at a time. Also, China is trying to take over all economic sectors of the world. It looks like China wants to destroy many American corporations in financial ways, leaving China as the only superpower in the world.
It would cost the equivalent of an America trillion dollars per year (Chinese prices are different) for a decade or so for China to establish a large military base and some mining operations on the Moon. China could do that if she is motivated enough.
An interesting book has recently come out. It is a novel by a Chinese author, but the blurbs are by several China experts who are saying the book gives an accurate picture of current Chinese thinking and goals. According to the book, China now confidently thinks that the 21st century is the Chinese century, and soon, China will be the leader of the world.
The book is, Chan Koonchung, translated by Michael S. Drake, THE FAT YEARS, 2011, first published by Oxford University Press (really impressive), republished by Doubleday.
This is certainly the most important book of the decade that I know of.
In terms of possible solution ideas, we might ask how China and the US, and other nations, working together, could produce better results for future humanity than a world in which China had a world despotism.
Jim
On the Jade Rabbit moon rover, a few years ago, on another message board, an officer in Chinese intelligence said that China intends to establish a military base on the Moon. The rover is looking for minerals, so evidently is a first step in developing a Chinese claim to the Moon. China has been especially interested in minerals, and over the past few years has tied up much mineral production throughout the world with multi-decade contracts. In terms of possible long term goals, in the last year, China has been moving to deny rare earth metals to non-Chinese corporations, a gradual step at a time. Also, China is trying to take over all economic sectors of the world. It looks like China wants to destroy many American corporations in financial ways, leaving China as the only superpower in the world.
It would cost the equivalent of an America trillion dollars per year (Chinese prices are different) for a decade or so for China to establish a large military base and some mining operations on the Moon. China could do that if she is motivated enough.
An interesting book has recently come out. It is a novel by a Chinese author, but the blurbs are by several China experts who are saying the book gives an accurate picture of current Chinese thinking and goals. According to the book, China now confidently thinks that the 21st century is the Chinese century, and soon, China will be the leader of the world.
The book is, Chan Koonchung, translated by Michael S. Drake, THE FAT YEARS, 2011, first published by Oxford University Press (really impressive), republished by Doubleday.
This is certainly the most important book of the decade that I know of.
In terms of possible solution ideas, we might ask how China and the US, and other nations, working together, could produce better results for future humanity than a world in which China had a world despotism.
Jim
