> As China starts outdoing us economically, technically and strategically, we are turning Chinese, slowly losing the spiritual, cultural and political texture t

> As China starts outdoing us economically, technically and strategically, we are turning Chinese, slowly losing the spiritual, cultural and political texture that made us different. This is so absurd it's not even funny. Not because of correlations b/w this and sentiments about "China's rise", but because what you define as "Chinese" is nowhere nearly as rooted as the zeitgeist of Western culture. China had Xinhai and Mao. Japan had Meiji and its successors. India had the British empire and its current vestige. I wonder if Asians ever wonder how Asia is but fading into a dim memory in the overwhelming march of the Borg.