>>I respect the way they have emerged from Communist shackles and become an economic force. Most economists I have >read expect China to displace the U.S. as the world's leading economy sometime in the next few decades, perhaps >as soon as 20 years from now.
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>Good Grief! What books are you reading. Last time I looked, they were still a communist, totalitarian state that kills people in crowds rather than let them assemble. I have no respect for the chinese leadership, period!

I don't, either, nor was that my point. I was speaking of China purely from an economic perspective.