<p>So who else is a little scared with China right now? I know a guy whose company has pipe,steel and cement factories around the world. Turns out that China is going to shut down all of the industrial factories near Beijing for a few months this summer for the '08 Olympics. In his opinion it would be IMPOSSIBLE to start that industry back up in Beijing as the factory’s customers have found other sources of supplies, valuable workers have found other sources of income, machinery issues, etc. etc. A lot of the country’s income comes from these areas of industry. China’s mindset is that if they can impress foreign dignitaries then more industry will come their way. What happens if China fails to impress anyone? I don’t feel too good about a Nuclear China that has these new weapons. Their civil rights abuses are just mind-boggling too. I have a teacher that does missionary trips to China each summer who said that there were Cardboard cities in Beijing as big as large high schools. The tour guide assured her that these cities would be bulldozed, burned, and their occupants sent 30 to 50 miles out of the City and away from their jobs. Now beyond these accounts and what I’ve read I have no real experience. I want to know if you agree or disagree and why? With the unstable affairs in the middle east (Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon…) Could the US military really handle a conflict in the Far East?
-Z</p>