Dispatch: U.S. Defense Secretary Gates Visits China

As China grows it pushes its regional interests, which increasingly clash with U.S. strategic imperatives, STRATFOR's Vice President of Strategic Intelligence Rodger Baker says.

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[vwbora1point8T]

US defense budget ~700billion. Chinese ~70 billion. Why are we still talking about these dumb theoretical outcomes.

We owe china a lot, china would be nothing without us consuming their products. It's a stalemate. This is how international trade works. Without this mutual trade, we would not have the lifestyle we have today. THE WORLD NEEDS TRADE, we cannot produce everything we consume, and even if we could it would be counterproductive due to SPECIALIZATION. I dunno about u but I would rath

[Phead128]

@ZeeGooner

In 1820, Qing dynasty (China) occupied 33% of the world's GDP.

For the past 1800 years, China has been the #1 world's largest economy. America wasn't even discovered when China had the world's highest GDP and most advanced technologies in the world between 7th and 15th century.

Never say impossible.

Who would have thought America would appear out of nowhere to become Superpower at the turn of the 19th century? Nobody.

[pashen777]

China is the largest economy in the world. The US is finished. The US is China's buggest debtor. China knows the US cannot repay the debt. China has lost faith in the US $ and the Federal Reserve, and more QE2-7 "money printing" efforts will only make it worse. MEanwhile, China steadily buys up US assets and builds its "real" economy. China is not in debt. The US has more debt than any nation on earth, and more debt than any "empire" in human history. Its solution? More debt.

[wabdinur]

1:06 North Korea is China's Israel.

[kekvirag1]

China will collapse soon.

[ZeeGooner]

@Phead128 okay if you think so.. i guarantee you chinese officials know themselves this isn't true. America has many ways it can stop china from rising.. and just sit back and see, i'm not here to be childish or say moronic comments without judgement-- there is no way china would be able to rival the U.S. militarily it is impossible.. and since the U.S. does have the upper hand militarily and globally, the U.S. can use many thing to levy things to it's favor.. see what happens to china in future

[Phead128]

@ZeeGooner

America is declining and China is rising.

Make way for a second Superpower.

[12gigiJAbomBOMba]

Confidence leve has been restored somewhat in China after its so-called "100 yrs of humiliation". But I would not say that CHina is being cocky or arrogant nor as aggressive as the Americans. The U.S has 1000 + military bases around the world. 2 ongoing wars in the mid-east. Currently has 3 aircraft carriers parked right in the front yard of China. This guy on the video sure sound very convincing but facts n reality never lie. Lets see how Americans would react if the situation was reversed.

[ZeeGooner]

@Itchhhh don't be a fool.. in russian the word for both opponents putting one another in a check mate is Raki Rufka. if the united states stops purchasing china's products in only a month.. this will have huge economical devastation on china.. china can not in-force the U.S. physically to pay it's debt immediately.. however the U.S. can easily stop consuming chinese products.. many western european nations will follow also.

The ball is still in the U.S' court and will remain that way, trust.

[Itchhhh]

Go ahead and extend the debt ceiling! Go ahead and monetize or digitize some more debt and see how the Chinese react. The United States is a shell of what it once was. A shell eaten out by greed, arrogance, complacency and lost morals. The United States is on a dog leash of China, we just don’t know it yet.