This from Good, Inc. (Click on the #'s for detail.)

Don't be scared of China--the country is perfectly positioned to be our most powerful ally (lack of democracy notwithstanding, of course). But if there is anything to worry about, it's not China's massive military; it's the economy, stupid.

#10 - Because Nixon went to China and your world was born.
#9 - Because China may be an ancient civilization, but it's a young society that's growing up very quickly--and unevenly.
#8 - Because China's transformation echoes much of America's past: not only the good, but plenty of the bad, and the ugly too.
#7 - Because China's rapid and deep integration into manufacturing means that Chinese products permeate your life--at some risk.
#6 - Because China's demand for resources is altering global markets in ways both profound and perverse.
#5 - Because the panda "huggers" versus "sluggers" debate is a lot of hot air--until Washington scares Beijing into raising your mortgage interest rate five points overnight.
#4 - Because as China builds out its infrastructure, it can set a good or a bad example to developing economies struggling to deal with fragile environments.
#3 - Because China is globalization's general contractor: always happy to take the job and your money, but hard to get on the phone once you discover problems.
#2 - Because China will not be our biggest future enemy but our most important ally.
#1 - Because we're less than five years from a new generation of Chinese leaders with whom a far stronger relationship may well be built.