China Syndrome II

Alvaro Vargas Llosa notes that China is not Latin America's friend, enemy nor the answer to its underdeveloped markets. Rumsfeld is in Beijing and he will be pushing to more observation by invitation of war games. On the book pages CSM introduces us to a scathing new book on Chairman Mao. TechCentralStation.com meanwhile says that the biggest economic threat is not the burgeoning Chinese economy but rather the slow growth of W. Europe.