The center of civilization, except for recent history, has always been in China. It is just going home after a short vacation.

The British, the Germans, the Italians, the Japanese, the Spanish and Portugese have taken the change in their status quite well and adjusted. The French, it seems, still think everyone should be speaking their language but otherwise have recovered from their loss of empire. I fear Americans will awaken to their new reality with anger and a desire for vengence.

DA Morgan