and loote your comparision of soviet union with china is not right. China has the strength of population. We all know how china has brought the japanese market down. Who knows china at the moment may be even stronger than US in armed forces purely because of the number of soldiers china have can easliy inundate any country's defence. China are improving leaps and bounds in every field. A country that first took part in olympics in 1984 (just an infant comparing the history of oympic) has got 32 gold medals in athens compared to 35. When i first watched olympic in 1992 china won just ten golds.Thats a huge improvement. One would have never thought china could beat USA in sprinting (with hurdles) which was once american game. We also saw china winning one gold in tennis. We have seen china started organising formula one in recent past. We will see china organishing olympics soon in which they are sure to lead the tally of gold medals. What else china is good at. All the american and european companies sees china is a good market place which is virtually unexploited. We all know how china can produce goods for so cheap electronics good that we dont have to depend on expnesive american and japanese products. and whats more this chinese products are still very good. China can now face USA eyeball to eyeball and even challange them and tell them to shut up. china has already dented american pride two year ago when they bombed their one of the most cherised spying plane which america was so proud of and always used to say nobody can detect that. The US EP3-C turboprop, a plane about the size of a Boeing 737 jetliner, crossed paths with two Chinese air defense jets while it was engaged in electronic spying southeast of the island of Hainan, China's southernmost province. The EP3 was monitoring Chinese military communications, while the two jets were monitoring it, in an exercise in mutual surveillance that was a staple of the Cold War and still continues between the United States and China.