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China I think is pretty clearly the answer.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Mar 29 '12, 07:00

1) They have a financial edge that not many others have with the investment in our debt
2) They have a fundamentally opposed political system to ours

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and yet, on the other hand, China is intricately linked to the US financially and economically and would collapse without us. - decline Mar 29, 07:13 11
- Fact: China is third in the list of countries we export to the most. -- nm - con_carne Mar 29, 08:03
- supposedly the majority of foreign spies in the US are Chinese. (I have NO citation for that) -- nm - loosilu Mar 29, 07:53 2
  - MISSILE GIRL! -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 29, 07:54 1
    - ha ha! she's a south Asia specialist, not China. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 29, 08:02
- This is a bigger question than "who would win in a fight?". It's also "which countries approach America in terms of soft power and hard power?" - Roger More Mar 29, 07:25 2
  - Right now... - Mel Profit Mar 29, 07:44 1
    - I agree with your first two points - I just think it's a bigger question. - Roger More Mar 29, 08:03
- I mostly agree except that... - Mel Profit Mar 29, 07:19
- If we're going to use the term, they're the answer. - Will Hunting Mar 29, 07:15
- agreed. They might own the US debt, but if the US ever gets serious about trade sanctions or imposing restrictions on imports - Beaker Mar 29, 07:15 1
  - To quote Bill Clinton in regards to us taking harsher lines toward China...."When's the last time you picked a fight with your banker?" -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 29, 07:16
I agree, and would add a few more points - Roger More Mar 29, 07:08
and they're throwing money at their military like crazy. - Mel Profit Mar 29, 07:06

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