The Celestial Empire obviously has significantly increased its influences in the African continent. But how about the Middle East, given that the U.S. lately successfully killed Bin Laden and deserves ever more respect over there?

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Anyways, I've been thinking that China will be on an increasingly precarious track of economic growth, against the backdrop that the energy prices are anticipated to rise steadily and China's economy depends increasingly heavily, I guess, on energy.