China - The next "sleeping giant" or a force for globalism?

Today China is quite the player on the world stage. In fact, many think China is poised to become the worlds next global super-power. There is little doubt, China is no longer sleeping, and they are a giant, but could they be the next super-power?

Militarily, China is a nuclear power and gets to sit at the table with the rest of the world rulers, but China's military might does not stop there. China has what many have called the 200 million man army. Think about that for a second! That is an army of (literally) biblical proportions! Based on China's current military strength, I don't think anyone will be invading them anytime soon.

Economically China has some work to do. Although they are growing by leaps and bounds, as of now their markets depend largely on American consumerism. This will have to change if they want to build lasting economic security for themselves. And things are changing. Recently, China has formed various alliances with other nations involving many aspects of economics. They have aligned with Russia in insisting that the world move away from the dollar and into a global currency backed by the IMF. This has greatly influenced the OPEC arrangement. You see, as of now the entire world can only buy oil in U.S. Dollars (or more accurately, Federal Reserve Notes). This means that if China wants to buy oil from Saudi Arabia then they have to pay for that oil with U.S. Dollars. This arrangement forces all the other nations of the developing world to stock-pile U.S. dollars, this in-turn allows us to sell them our debt. This is how we, as Americans, have lived so rich the past few decades (Especially since 1971 when we came off the gold standard). We have been borrowing it (by trading mere paper, treasuries and bonds, for actual goods)...and now the gig is up. They have also joined with India, Brazil and Russia in forming the BRIC trading bloc. This BRIC bloc could easily match any aggregate power derived from the EU, not too mention give these countries stability even when the world reserve currency is waining. One great move China has done in looking ahead is to stake out ownership of all rare-earths. This is going to prove very valuable to them as the world moves ahead with our technologies as China will find themselves controlling the 'oil' of the 21 century.

China has been maneuvering and positioning themselves within the political arena for years. China has their hands in the panama canal and many other strategic places on the Earth...surprise surprise! They are in a position to be heard and I think they are getting ready to speak. All China has to do is start liquidating their dollar holdings and the rest of the world will panic and do the same (in order to get some return for *their* investment in *our* prosperity.)

Why would China do this? I don't know, and maybe they won't but let's just look at some facts. For starters, The U.S. uses almost half of the entire available resources. This means that other nations, like China and Russia and India (which happen to outnumber the U.S. by *billions* of people) have to get by on what we don't use or throw away. How long can you ask a nation to stand by and not only put up with this...but finance it. In a sense, China is our enabler. Why would they buy into this...well, they have been getting fairly rich in the process too.

But the world of the future is going to be much different from the world of the past. I have a hard time seeing another Rome or U.S. The scene of the world is changing and we must accept this. We are venturing into uncharted waters and we will soon experiment with new forms of government. The new governments will be based on the global community. China will certainly have a prominent place at the table, but so will other mighty nations. America too, no doubt, will have her place at the table but not as a ruler or even an example -- The truth is closer along the lines of we will mostly fund this new global government and supply it with a military arm.

One might ask, "How can we avoid this from happening?" The answer is you can't. It is inevitable. Picture yourself around the year 75 A.D. Rome has solidified its dominance and at that time, there was nothing that could bring her down. Now she is simply a tourist destination. The era of city-states has run its course. Things *do* change and we must move with these changes. America has done well and will continue to for some time I hope, but we will be taken down a few notches in order to further promote the globalist agenda. I do not see China or any other nation becoming an empire as we have; the world is too volatile and another world war would be very, very bad for all. We can't stop this, but we can hopefully have a strong influence over it in order to keep it palatable to us. Even as Rome was falling apart it survived for awhile as the Byzantine empire.

I tell you, pay attention to these events because we are witnessing history in the making...most of us just don't realize it yet.