The China problem

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/09/the-china-dream.html

As China thrives and begins to challenge the economic supremacy of the US, a reaction formation can now be seen. A 8/9/2010 NewsWeek article, written by Ioannis Gatsiounis, portrays this well. The article outlines how China seems to be threatening America's place as the largest economic body in the globe, and proceeds to cite evidence to confirm [frantically] that the US is still in the lead, that China still has a long way to go to be able replace America as the supreme economic body.

As citizens of a neighboring country to this rising superpower, we have mixed feelings toward its recent development. Taiwan, a self-governing region which mainland Chinese government officials like to regard as a break-away province, has a complicated tie with the mainland. In the late 19th century, China fell victim of western imperialistic colonist, and was reduced to, as Dr. Sun Yet-sun promptly put, a "sub-colony." Western powers infiltrated the Chines territories, and exploited natural as well as human resources blatantly, right under the government's nose. The regime at the time, after two hundred years of isolation, was technologically inadequate therefore powerless to defend itself. Had there not been the Open Door Policy, it would have fallen the same fate as india. At the turn of century, Dr. Sun Yet-sun led a revolution that overthrew the imperial government and established a democratic republic, led by the Nationalists' Party. In the next four decades, however, the Communist Party rose and drove the Nationalist government to Taiwan, but failed, fortunately, to "liberate" it.

Knowing the historical oppression by the western powers, we were glad to finally see the rise of our own people. Yet, Taiwan was able to remain intact from communist invasion due to the US' economical inhibition to China. As we see the inevitable change of balance, we have to really be worried. This coincides well with Sach's claim that our biggest problem is our inability to cooperate.