A strong China would be the best thing to happen to America in decades. What America has lacked, really since the Soviets of the 1960s, is a strong competitor (

A strong China would be the best thing to happen to America in decades. What America has lacked, really since the Soviets of the 1960s, is a strong competitor (another super power). America would be greatly strengthened by a stronger China. The longer we go without a super competitor, the weaker we will get. With a stronger China we might just stop being such a lazy, take-it-all-for-granted nation, and get back to doing what it takes to make sure the next generation lives better than the last. It'd be nice just to have a functional government again, focused on real progress for its people.