More Interesting Reading On China

I urge you, if you haven't already done so, to read Dr. John Rutledge's post No Strategery Here. His comments concerning China and how it is methodically moving forward are interesting indeed.

The one possible global exception to the above is China. Chinese politicians have shown that they have a longer-term point of view that we do in the US. (They of course do not have to worry about being reelected, do they.) That viewpoint gives them the patience to wait out western governments on strategic objectives. The Hong Kong handover was an example. Taiwan will be another. A third is their multi-objective approach to Chinese energy policy, simultaneously pursuing initiatives in Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Japan (the disputed gas deposits in the Sea of Japan), the US (Unocal), and other countries.

I just discovered his blog, and it has quickly become a favorite and a must read.