With bmolsson on this one :"China is trouble...."

I'm no Sinophobe, just haven't seen much in the past 40 years that leads me to believe RedChinese leadership is interested in anything more than securing its own position. Taiwan seen as a threat?: make big noise. Tiananmen Square?: roll the tanks. If we can just keep them quiet for 15-20 more years (until the Mao generation dies out) we might get somewhere with the people of the Peoples Republic of China.

Meanwhile, take the sabre-rattling seriously.