10-13-2010, 10:20 AM
I for one don't agree that military might's what makes a country "strong", at least it shouldn't be, not this day and age. China's certainly strong in the economic sense.
I read an article pointing out that the trouble with China is that it wants to be a superpower, but is insular in the sense that it doesn't want to deal with the responsibility that comes with it to address global problems... heck, it doesn't even try to do anything about the comically blatant human rights issues plaguing it (maybe not all violent, but worrying in how systematized and sanctioned it is). To me thats not a "strong" country at all... its a country going through an ethical crisis. They try to move to the future but cling to the worst parts of the past. Sonner or later somethings gonna snap.
I read an article pointing out that the trouble with China is that it wants to be a superpower, but is insular in the sense that it doesn't want to deal with the responsibility that comes with it to address global problems... heck, it doesn't even try to do anything about the comically blatant human rights issues plaguing it (maybe not all violent, but worrying in how systematized and sanctioned it is). To me thats not a "strong" country at all... its a country going through an ethical crisis. They try to move to the future but cling to the worst parts of the past. Sonner or later somethings gonna snap.
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?