[sutekidane]

That's good to know, thanks for the info. I was worried that too many Chinese Communist party paid propagandists are here in this site.

Back to the topic then. With the neo-liberal free trade system, the West has essentially committed economic suicide and dug their own financial grave. It did not have to be this way, but somehow the theorists like Thomas Friedman could not foresee the end result. Now it has not just jeopardized their own safety, but the safety of the rest of the world. But it has been a boon to China and India, who are today dreaming of world domination and hegemony. Things will get scary when these countries reach parity in high tech R & D with the West and no longer need to import any high tech items. That will be the point of singularity or point of no return.