A fourth "super-system" with global aspirations

Submitted by Dennisw-usa (United States), Jan 14, 2003 at 06:09

Sanes argues that there are not two but three "super-systems" with global aspirations, systems that shape much of the planet's politics.

I would add a fourth "super-system" with global aspirations. You choose the name but it's whatever Mainland China is up to -- spreading weapons technology and making good money doing so; looking to dominate the Orient and then the world via making the world dependent on its exports, exports that fund their military efforts. The ideology/greatness of the "Middle Kingdom" writ large. They are exporting their people, who steal technology secrets from the USA and Europe. Bill Clinton served as an agent in this regard.

Would it surprise anyone if China handed off a nuke to Al Qaeda types (Islamic mega-terrorists) or used N Korea as a cut out to do the same? N Korea = China's puppet enfant terrible. China helps N Korea and Pakistan immensely in their atomic efforts. China's calculus is they can best survive nuclear exchanges and chaos due to population size and help from overseas Chinese.

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