Trade wars and face recognition cameras in church, China in the Kingdom of God. This is Dr. Jim

Denison's daily article podcast for Wednesday, May 8th, 2019. Two suspects were apprehended yesterday

after a school shooting not far from Columbine High School left one student dead and eight others injured.

The STEM school Highlands Ranch now joins the long list of such tragedies.

While Americans were grieving yet another school shooting, stocks fell significantly on fears of a

trade war with China. The market plunged Monday morning on news that the U.S. would escalate tariffs

against Chinese imports. Then it rebounded on hopes that trade talks would eventually succeed

amid news that a Chinese delegation is coming to Washington this week. Then it fell again yesterday.

My purpose today is not to masquerade as an economist in explaining the function

and results of tariffs or the larger financial issues at stake. Rather, it is discussed with you

an underlying factor in the U.S.-China relationship that is crucial for our souls and God's

global kingdom. Michael Pillsbury has served in eight presidential administrations

and is currently director of the Center for Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute. His latest

book is both fascinating and frightening. The 100-year marathon, China's secret strategy to

replace America as the global superpower. According to Pillsbury, China's President Jinping dreams of a, quote, a resurgent China that

would reclaim its rightful place atop the global hierarchy.

This has been a Communist Party ambition since Mao took over in 1949, the date commonly

understood by China's leaders as the beginning of the

100-year marathon.

China's goal is to, quote, compete and surpass the United States as the world's leading

economic power.

If current trends persist, by 2050, China's economy will be much larger than America's,

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