Chap 5, Dod

I was thrilled to jump into the next section and chapter of this book, as it has, to my surprise and liking, failed to come up short on providing me with interesting and provocative facts and revelations as well as just pure entertainment. I must admit that for this chapter, in particular, I was especially quite eager to jump into the reading, as the title of the section, “With the appetite of a dragon”, inspired a great deal and portion of my motivation and spirit when it came time to read the next part of this book. I was surely hopeful that the title’s meaning and background would not disappoint.  

            Upon reading the chapter, I was quickly able to connect the title to its meaning and connotations, much to my dismay. The chapters roots start to show when Dodson delves deep into the history of China’s usage of it’s natural resources, stating that “For the past 600 years, China has mismanaged his resources land, forest, oil and water wealth”. He delves even more into the reason for its disastrous dealings by stating that progression of this treatment began with the new control of the country being submitted to the communist party.  He also blamed the disastrous treatment of China’s resources on and to its rapid growth and expansion of modernization technological advancements. This constantly developing process has always been a factor of resource decline and mistreatment, not only in China but in the U.s and all over the world, as we have seen yet  slowly come to  realize that no one is truly and genuinely willing to give up their great freedoms and lavishes to help contribute to the even greater preservation of their land and intangibles. This causes me to think and say that China parallels the U.S in its doings and possible future happenings by showing and portraying similar ideals and high levels of greed amongst its higher ranking citizens.