Posted by Amanda on January 09, 1997 at 21:18:15:
In Reply to: Re: China posted by Jonathan T. Schmidt on January 08, 1997 at 22:07:52:
: As for them being a "Super Power" make no mistake about it when their
: population overflows their capacity they will be a super power of the
: worst kind, a huge and desparate one! As far as weapons go, any
: two-bit terrorist with the resolve to do it can wipe out millions
: of people through water contamination. Nuclear weapons are not required.
There's a good idea for an apocolyptic novel - "Russia and US threaten the world by pressing the red button that will annhilate the planet's population - but hey, here comes China, shitting in the water due to lack of proper sanitation and kills us all"
Funny, but not likely.