Wolfgang,
I saw a show on PBS a while back about Nostradamus's predications, and there was much more on China than what you've quoted. Sometime between 2008 and 2011, things are supposed to come to a head, and the quote I alluded to in my post was taken directly from the translation of what I saw on this show. Given his track record with his predications, I feel I have reason to feel a little unsettled. Taiwan could definitely be the trigger. (I personally feel that Taiwan is, an internal Chinese matter and definitely not worth creating WWIII over, and that we shouldn't meddle in it.)