Answer this question with honesty?

Would China screw up in:





1. the olympics


2. and the future?





The reason why I asked this was because my conservative (pretends to be moderate) history teacher says this when answering questions about the rising of China. that the Chinese are gonna screw themselves up. I am Chinese BTW.

Answer this question with honesty?
Well they haven't so far. i hope it is a wonderful Olympics only because of the young people that have worked so hard to get there.i would like to see their dreams come true.
Reply:One has to differentiate between China, the people, and China, the Chinese government. If we're speaking of the government, I think it's capable of doing anything. China isn't the friendliest of places towards its citizens. I also think China in the future represents our biggest threat in many ways. Economically, militarily, and much worse, in manufacturing. China is currently spending even more money on their military then we do. I seem to recall a military minion in an interview saying the people of China wanted an aircraft carrier and maybe the government would grant their wish to show their growing ability to defend themselves. That sounds just like this administration. Hope your not offended for offering my opinion.
Reply:no...the Chinese are not the dumbass back assward people the American media portray them to be (as im sure you know)...i doubt more than 1% of Americans have been to China much less studied it's infrastructure..im American BTW
Reply:i don't know. i will study the tea leaves and get back to you. who knows what the hell happens and why, most of the time. look at Russia making a great comeback after 50 wild and whacky years of experimenting with various forms of communism, socialism and whatever. china has one enormous challenge, the sheer population. think about governing that many people and keeping the majority happy.





the usa is having that problem, too. maybe things simply get too big to manage and needs to allow segments to break off and do their own thing. know what i mean?





a rigid, structured and uniform society forced upon people destroys the bonds and ties of diverse cultures. if everybody wears the same uniform and are make to conform to a stalin or a mao se tung, they tire of it. it begins to breed resentment and anger and, finally, hatred and revolution. and it was revolutions that put stalin and mao se tung into power in the first place.





maybe it is a natural cyclical phenomenon to be expected. maybe the usa is moving into that anger stage at this point. seems kinda angry to me. what next?