Despite all the rhetoric here, I'd like to offer insight from a message from a very humble Sufi holy man who spoke about the destruction to come back in 1975. One of the things he saw is war between the US, Russia and China. These wars will be global and catastrophic in nature and will be sparked by some kind of incident in the middle east. It will eventually lead to nuclear exchanges that will leave 1 in 10 houses standing, and almost all young men will be called to battle and be lost - on all sides. Not a pretty picture. This destruction will encompass the global community and will know no borders. Other aspects he saw will be global climate change (remember he was saying this in 1975 before all the rage about it now), firestorms (wildfires), drought, famine, floods of mass proportions, monsoon rains in areas that do not usually receive them, etc. All these things are happening now. We are in the middle stages of what he spoke of. One can debate and quote and conjecture and debunk; however, to ignore the state of the world is folly.
On the other hand, there are people of many backgrounds and nationalities who are striving together to try to prevent the prolifiration of nuclear weapons. They are the ones who see that that kind of warfare will solve nothing and will end in the destruction of most of humankind as we know it.
Yes, China is greedy for power - so is Russia and the US and most countries in this world of ours. There are no borders for greed. There are no borders for hatred and revenge. There are no borders for selfishness. We live in a global habitat. What one area of the world does affects us all. What happens "over there" affects us "here" - regardless of where "here" is. The attitude of seperation from our fellow humans is what is and will cause our destruction. Until humans understand that we are One Family our fate is dim. Until we learn to live with love, compassion, humbleness, and treat all lives as our own - until these qualities flow from our hearts - the Human Race may very well come to an end. There may be terrible times ahead for us all. We need to be united in the purpose of preserving precious Human Life.
In Oneness and Peace