I see a lot of potential for China, and right now I don't see it going anywhere positive. I'm particularly concerned with the human rights violations, particularly for workers but also regarding the "blood buying" and AIDS infections, and the subsequent treatment of people infected with AIDS. Here is an old but good article on the epidemic. This is still a major problem in China, and I was unaware until recently that people trying to help those trapped in these modern day leper colonies were subject to threats and harrassment, arrest, or worse.
China is also a huge polluter, destroying its own environment and upsetting the ecosystem worldwide, and the burgeoning economy only means more pollution if we stick to the linear consumption economy model (not to say that China is the lone source of pollution, but it stands to surpass even the US in terms of detrimental effects on the environment).
I wouldn't say I'm scared of China, but I am concerned for China's future. I think it's a logical fallacy to have a poll that puts the blame on China for any of these issues. China is merely a part of a global economy, a linear cycle of exploitation, consumption and pollution. China is not the only source of cheap labor, cheap consumer goods, or pollution. Blame the system.
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