Just completed the 4th. reading of this excellent write up.

Students of history in 200 years may well look back to this article and compare their situation with what is said here.

This :

" Until Australia starts to aspire to emulate Chinese traditions of educational excellence, to transform its intellectual culture ... "

will take a change in national culture and the time frame will not be in years but generations but it will happen.

In future years Australia will look back at the influence of these peaceful " invasions" and their influence on the national psyche and way of life.

The set of references available at this site give a very Daoist understanding of the paradoxical nature of the humanly created world in "2013" and how the linear thinking that mis-informs those who promote the "victory" and/or "triumph" of the Christianized Anglosphere is more or less useless for living in the instantaneously inter-connected quantum world of the "21st century".
http://www.wildriverreview.com/user/63#article_list

British/Western bad, Asian good.

Nod along, robots.

No future is "inevitable and unavoidable".
We choose the future.

If Asia is "rising", it's only because it was so far behind us.
It's hard for Westerners to "rise", when we're already at the top.

If anything, Asians learning *English* is one reason for their "rise".

The Anglosphere is fading into insignificance?
When was the last time a non-English film was a box office hit?
When was the last time a non-English song topped the charts?
When was the last time a non-English book was a bestseller?
STFU.

So spying is "Anglo", eh?
Ever heard of Sun Tzu's Art of War?
Chapter 13: The Use of Spies.

Good article.

You know things are getting bad in the West when the Chinese communist party is more concerned about promoting the defence of private property, while the western states can't socialise it fast enough under the new communism of guess what?

In these circumstances, the rise and rise of Asia is no wonder, while the western left wing continue to whinge about why can't the government protect our privileges by passing more laws attacking the productive class and restricting trade?

One of the hardest cultural shifts to make will be getting people in the western world to understand the concept of individual freedom, being taught a lesson by, of all people, the Asians LOL.

gee, jardine, you really are amusing.