China and America: Polar Opposites

http://www.nationofchange.org/2015/05/31/china-and-america-polar-opposites/

Here’s a very interesting article that talks about the massive inroads China is making in Latin America and, especially, in Brazil which has the second largest economy in the Americas after the U.S.

The U.S. government’s presence and influence in Latin America are rapidly waning while China is pursuing economic initiatives with numerous countries within it. Brazil is a major participant in the BRICS group of countries, which also includes China, Russia, India and South Africa. This economic consortium is becoming more powerful as it strongly pursues its economic agenda. China, by itself, is the #1 economy in the world and its association with the other nations of the BRICS group will make it much stronger.

Now, while China’s projects in Latin America are very impressive, they pale in comparison to that nation’s plans for infrastructure projects in Eurasia, that region of the world which includes the landmass of Europe and Asia. Here’s an article which outlines China’s plans for that massive region.

There is nothing mysterious about China’s plan for the future; it doesn’t want to control the world militarily; but it has every intention of becoming the ongoing economic powerhouse in the world and there is nothing that can stop it; it’s become an economic force on steroids.

There are those who dismiss China’s ambitious infrastructure projects and strongly warn that it’s still an enemy of the U.S. Well, if it’s an enemy then why is it being allowed to produce the vast majority of America’s consumer products? And consider this; what if China, instead of pouring hundreds of billions into all these economic initiatives all around the world, spent that money to build a massive military force with the powerful weaponry to match that of the U.S.? That would have the potential to take this world to the brink of World War III; the last thing the world needs.

To aid in the funding for these projects China has created the AIIB, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, It’s very noteworthy that a great many of America’s allies have joined this new Chinese banking institution, including: Australia, Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, the UK, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain and Switzerland. Japan will soon do so as will Taiwan and Norway. As you can imagine Washington must be very troubled at this turn of events.