Britain blasted as 'powerless' over China execution row

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famousringo said:

BigBoobieHead said:
Wonder what would the outcome have been if the man had been American with the backing of the U.S.A?

I'm not sure if things would have turned out any different. The US is no less dependant on China than the rest of the West.

China doesn't much like paying attention to people outside of China. They're so huge that they've always been more focused on internal cohesion than international affairs. All in all, I think that's a good thing.

Actually, the US is far less dependent on China than most other Western countries simply because it does have some industrial capablility left and the US still possess incredibly vast reserves of natural resources. While the US does do a lot of trade with China, the vast majority of this country's trade is NOT with them and coupled with the aforementioned industrial capabilites, curtailing trade with China would not have nearly as large an effect on the US economy as it would on most Western European nations.

This is not to say such a course of action would be desirable, but I can't imagine that China wants to raise the ire of the US government any more than it already is given the still vast gap in military power and worldwide influence between the two countries. (The US budgeted $623 billion for miltary expenditures in 2008; more than 6 times China's $85-$100 billion and more than 41% of the worldwide total)