July 3, 2007

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2400 Percent

China: Holy shmoley.

I’m no Bill Kristol and a fax machine but honestly I’m kinda weirded out by the vision of a world where America is not le hyperpuissance. Not because I think it’s bad… just because I think it’s weird.

Update: James Fallows has some good China notes. Favorite part:

A few months ago in his annual press conference for foreign journalists, Premier Wen Jiabao indeed said that democracy was the inevitable future for his country. He just said it might take a century or so to arrive.