Interesting article in today's NYT about China's growing influence elsewhere in Asia - some new cross-border class network that's a potential rival to US linkages. I wonder if & when the US bourgeoisie will begin worrying about China as a serious rival.
Doug --I've argued for awhile now that the tensions about Taiwan are basically about nervousness about such potential rivalry built on cross-border networks. That and the pace of Chinese opening to FDI. Steve