The trade problem ??is being exacerbated by the increased outsourcing of advanced services. ?
Economic leadership is passing to non-democratic governments. [while the U.S. is becoming less and less democratic itself.]
Finally:
??the pattern for the United States to depend on Beijing for credit is already beginning to resemble the relationship between a colony and the imperial capital. ?
Finally, finally.
The case argued by Fingleton is well presented even to his footnote on the efforts made by other sources to discredit his work, much in the manner in which China handles its own dissent. This is a rich, well referenced work, highly thought provoking with a solid basis in current events as the wars in Central Asia continue to unfold, and as the U.S. economy continues to shed jobs and wealth, while the corporations supported with much government printed wealth start to rise even more above the masses. Only time will tell the true course of events globally, but the influence of China on the U.S. will certainly alter many of the thought processes - and thus the actions - within the U.S. political/business/ military sphere.
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