Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On November 22nd, 2012. See this statement in context.

November 22nd, 2012 / 9:10 a.m.

Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History, St. Jerome's University, As an Individual

I think it's going to be everything. Again, in the next 50 years, it's going to be resources, but that's not their current.... It's not as if China has some insatiable appetite and is hell-bent to ride roughshod over international rights to get access. The Chinese will recognize that a stable region where you can do your investments and have your trade is their desired end state.

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