From:	"MARTIN E. GOTTHARD" <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: RE> China
Date:	Sat, 10 May 1997 14:15:07 +1000

> > Problem. All the other sourcebooks and novels that mention
> > China say that it has fractured and become chaotic. But the
> > Denver books contradict that. So what's up?
>
> I hate to do it but I can't help agreeing with the Denver book. China
> has a looooong history of nation-ness (is that a word? *grin*) and I
> can't see that going down the tubes in 60 years. Not even with magic
> around.
>

I'd have to agree here. Perhaps with America and Russia fragmented, the
author's saw that China was too big to leave in place without a balance,
so they fragmented it. You've gotta have a world that makes internal
sense, after all *grin*

Should I mention the fact that America (ie the Govt.) currently sees
China as the next big threat, and is (justifiably) worried about it....
This perception spills over into the (unbaised *grin*) public media, and the
result is that China is the next bogeyman. Perhaps I'm too much of a
conspiracy theorist.

Marty