This is a pretty interesting and slightly distressing article. Being an American citizen, it's always nice to think we are ranked at the top of things. What do you expect though when we export all of our producing jobs. At least we still have awesome farms. It is a good thing that we are worried about our environment and resources though. The rest of the world will run out before we do, which is comforting. Another reason why we are being careful about preserving our environment is to prevent global warming. The whole world claims to be concerned about this problem, yet China's greenhouse gas emissions are not limited because they are a "developing country". How much of the global economy do they have to control before they are considered "developed"?
Another, probably more important, part of the article talks about the alliances that China is making with countries that are hostile towards the US. While isolationism did not seem to work at the beginning of the 20th century, that seems to be the policy that most countries want us to follow now. Of course, the article also says that China has stayed out of conflict for a while. This might be the secret of becoming a global superpower. I think it was after WWI that the Americans emerged the strongest superpower, and that was after a long period of refusing to enter the war.
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