Re: China Flexes Its Muscles with Stealth Fighter Flig...

[Guest guest]

You may be right about that. The Chinese are trying to control their population,

but India isn't. Sooner or later they may come to blows over resources.

Administrator

" Taiwan might be less of a target for the Chinese these days because Taiwan

isn't much competition for resources nor does it have a military that threatens

China's access to resources and food coming from its African holdings. India is

building up its navy and could be trouble for the Chinese. India's economy is

also growing rapidly which makes it a competitor for food and resources. China

is also an ally and weapons supplier to Pakistan. Here's a bit from an article. "

[Guest guest]

Population growth and competition for resources is what it is about. The US could feed itself from within its own territory if we dropped ethanol and many costly regulations that have killed countless small farms. Some things might get more expensive or even seasonal, like citrus fruit in particular, but it could be done.

China and India can't feed their own domestically. China is not only buying up soybeans around the world, something that is driving up the price worldwide, but they are also buying land from Argentina to Zimbabwe to set up farms to grow food for the homeland. Chinese lands are also under threat from drought, pollution and bad farming practices. Indeed some places in China are being reduced to desert because of these conditions. While China has a degree of mechanization on its farms, India is lagging behind. Manpower is still the main way farms work there. I know they are importing lots of food as well just not how it relates to Chinese imports. I haven't read anything though about them being so aggressive overseas as the Chinese, which doesn't mean they aren't only that I haven't seen any reports.

China in recent months has also curtailed exports of minerals, particularly rare earth metals used in high tech electronics. This means manufacture elsewhere will get a little more expensive compared to China. Since they control a large part of the West's manufacturing base, that's not very good. China is also getting more aggressive about acquiring oil which is also going to put them in conflict with other nations. Don't forget also that they are beginning to offer the Yuan in direct trading including this week in the US itself. The more the mental midgets running the US debase the dollar, the closer it is coming to collapse and that will be a terrible thing for the US and most of the world.

On the other hand, as you say, China has significant internal issues that are real and not manufactured like there in the US. They have effectively run out of jobs and wages are rising. This is causing western manufacturers to leave China looking for cheap labor elsewhere around the world. Workers are demanding higher wages while large numbers can't find any work at all and those numbers in the cities are rising. Some rural areas are suffering from water shortages and pollution and are still backward in many ways. Corruption has always been endemic in China, and was something that motivated Confucius to develop his philosophy. The government is trying to crack down on it but like past efforts this will probably fail as well.

War with India could be possible, as you say, as a distraction. Even a border skirmish like the previous war in 1962 might work for a little while. However, now India has nukes too and since Pakistan is an ally of China and an enemy of India, things could get really nasty really fast. Still, its possible the Chinese won't push it that far, meaning to even a border skirmish, but you never know with politicians.

In a message dated 1/12/2011 1:59:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes:

You may be right about that. The Chinese are trying to control their population, but India isn't. Sooner or later they may come to blows over resources.Administrator