Okay, now that's in the realm of pure speculation.
How do you think another country - or the world - would react to China's invasion of neighboring countries? Why would they even do that?
Mark
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Bod Notbodbodnotbod@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Mark Williamsonnode.ue@gmail.com wrote:
I disagree. All languages that have had a chance of becoming world lingua francas - English, French, perhaps Spanish, are some recent examples - were not only the languages of economic or political powers, they were also the languages of vast colonial empires.
You're working on the assumption that China won't colonise anywhere. I have the feeling they're going to burst and spray their populace across the greater part of the continent at some point.
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