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Old 08-21-2003, 02:40 AM   #7 (permalink)
Dragonlich
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Originally posted by constant
China looks to be on the rise though, but most of the land isn't very arable, the huge population is the reason for the rise.
China has *always* had a huge population, and this has always been both an advantage (security, manpower) and a disadvantage (food supply, bureaucracy). The country has always had lots of potential, but has been held back by "nationalism", in the sense that everything outside China isn't important/good enough to truly matter.

IF China can shake off it's dictatorial government, while maintaining it's national stability, *and* get rid of the innate conservatism of many Chinese... only then might they have a winning strategy.
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