“We’re the country that built the intercontinental railroad. So how can we now sit back and let China build the best railroads?”
– President Obama

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China, China, China. We hear it all the time: China’s rising. China’s going to be No. 1. China’s going to take over.

Let me splash a little cold water on the idea of China as a threat. Much of this fear is inspired by misunderstanding and paranoia, and it results in some actually rooting against improved lives for the world’s impoverished…

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