Originally Posted by
highflyer40
I meant 50 years ago the US was projecting
its power all over the world and taking what they could no matter the impact. This is China now. The next 50-70 years will be Chinese dominated and then we will switch to whoever rises to prominence once the Chinese decline starts. It’s a natural progression. Everything changes no matter how much you want it to stay the same.
HF40, you have it in my eyes at least! A "deal" with China when the UK pulled out was only going to last as long as it suited Bejing. Why my pessimistic outlook? I saw what Mugabe did after Jimmy Carter (yep, read the history books!) put him in power. As one Zimbabwean said "We may now be in the cr@p but we put ourselves there!". When it comes to Dictatorships the one thing you can guarantee is our rules don't matter. I'm just amazed HK has lasted as long as it has! Do I think it's right? No. But that's this screwed-up world we live in. Just my view... ;-)