&gt; These are the people that see their debt-fueled economy collapsing, and know there&#x27;s no more workers to be paid in pennies to be exploited.<p>I know they&#x27;re evil but from what you&#x27;ve written it seems that China is developing <i>in spite of</i> what the China PR government is doing. It could be better with a better system of government but we have what we have and I fear a disruption in something as big as the government of China would be very bad for the world economy in the short term. As the saying goes, it will likely become much worse before it gets better.