The Oil Hydra

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Originally Posted by chumdawg

There are already 200 Chinese cities bigger than Dallas? Wow! Don't tell me it's a small world. It's a pretty damn large world if that's true and yet I still can't name five of those cities. Amazing.

Me, I don't think there is any question that China is going to rule this world during our lifetimes.

Chum..an interesting post about whether China can catch up to the US or not. I don't know if they can or not, but they will have a very difficult time of keeping everyone back on the farm once they've see parie.

http://www.singularity2050.com/2008/...-2030-v20.html

One of the most popular dinner party conversation topics is the possibility that the United States will be joined or even surpassed as a superpower by another nation, such as China. Let us assess the what makes a superpower, and what it would take for China to match the US on each pillar of superpowerdom. Two years ago, in May 2006, I wrote the first version of this article, and it became the most heavily viewed article ever written on The Futurist. The comments section brought a wide spectrum of critiques of various points in the article, which led me to do further research, which in turn strengthened the case in some areas while weakening it others. Thus, it is time for a tune-up on the article.