Frankly, the only thing China has in easy abundance is people and dirty coal. Neither is the asset they're made out to be. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes abundance asset china
Historians are going to look back on rising China and say America, at least under the Bush years, did not get that wrong. Thomas P.M. Barnett americabackbush Change image and share on social
Here's my favorite bonehead concept from the 1990s in the Pentagon: the theory of anti-access, area-denial asymmetrical strategies. Why do we call it that? Because it's got all those A's lined up I guess. This is gobbledygook for 'If the United States fights somebody, we're going to be huge. They're going to be small.' Thomas P.M. Barnett 1990saccessanti share on social
America has remained highly engaged in global affairs throughout decades of growing energy dependency, so it's hard to imagine it would disengage if its quest for energy self-sufficiency failed - especially amidst a world of heightened resource competition. Thomas P.M. Barnett affairamericaamidst share on social
The basic parts, the start-up molecules, can be supplied in abundance and don't have to be made by some elaborate process. That immediately makes things simpler. K. Eric Drexler abundancebasicelaborate Change image and share on social
It's interesting that Swiss banks also hide their assets from the Swiss by using offshore bank structuring. Julian Assange assetbankhide Change image and share on social
I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day. Philip Larkin backchinaday Change image and share on social