> If I buy into one of the points of the article- that there are people in China who are in positions of power who are unified, know what they want, know where

> If I buy into one of the points of the article- that there are people in China who are in positions of power who are unified, know what they want, know where they are, and thus will figure out to get there- and I think about how my peer group would respond, I get worried. That sounds like you are comparing your (probably average) peer group to an imagined group of people in positions of power. Doesn't seem like a fair comparison.