Nice conspiracy theory. The problem is that China has not slowed down their attempts to buy into or take over many commodities. We see it in Canada, but not to the extent it is happening in Australia. Australia has been allowing the Chinese to buy out and purchase large ownership in numerous mining companies over the last year, and it is continuing at an unabated pace. Also, the Chinese have remained active in buying future production of iron ore and other base metals from a number of South American countries. China's and India's rapid growth shows not sign of stopping. Maybe slowing down just a little bit if U.S. economy fails, but no longer being impacted by our economy in a major way. Jim Rogers is living over in Asia and has his finger on the pulse of what's happening, and that is his take, and many other economic analysts say the same thing. This time, even a "great depression" in the U.S. will not cause a world wide depression.