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Here's a City with Seven Million People that You've Probably Never Heard of:

The New York Times article below highlights Dongguan China, a city in southern China that has grown from a small town to a city with a population of seven million in 20 years. China has 166 cities with populations of over 1 million, and the United States has 9.


When it comes to national security. George W. is looking in the wrong direction. It's not al Qeda that we need to be concentrated on, it is the continuously evolving status of China. The United States economy that was the arsenal of democracy in World War II could be a hollow shell twenty years from now.

China is playing the same world power card that the United States played 100 years ago, establishing a position of world dominance not through military might, but through economic might. I'm not sure what to do about China, but I don't think the issue is getting the level of debate that it needs.


The New York Times > International > Asia Pacific > New Boomtowns Change Path of China's Growth