This article reminds me of a Cringley article that was written not too long ago, where he speculated that this was going to be India's century rather than China

This article reminds me of a Cringley article that was written not too long ago, where he speculated that this was going to be India's century rather than China's, and China would have a decade instead. - http://www.cringely.com/2010/10/the-chinese-decade/ http://www.cringely.com/2010/10/the-chinese-decade/ It also reminds me of seeing a report on infrastructure projects in Japan, with bridges going to nowhere and other crazy construction projects, all designed to pump up the economy as well as the pockets of construction companies owned by cronies. It will be interesting to see how and where it goes, and I hope that Australia can diversify its economy - from mining and sending ore to China - to something else before China experiences any hiccups (or worse).