Germanys (as of 2009) foreign minister Westerwelle will trip over a mistake in international diplomacy and the German CDU / FDP government will fall apart.
-more pedestrians than ever get killed in motorcycle crashes in London, and motorcycles get banned.
the congestion zone will become bigger
next ten years:
Chinese economy collapses and plunges the world economy into its' biggest
crisis ever
-China colonialises Africa even further, and builds more factories. At the end of the
decade, production has moved from China to Africa, leaving Billions of Chinese
unemployed, Africa gets richer. This marks a turning point.
I would take you on most of your predictions on even odds. I'd gladly on 50% odds bet that:
* No collapse of German government in 2010
* No ban on motorcycles in London in 2010
* No Congestion zone enlargement in 2010
* Chinese economy in 2020 is more prosperous than in 2009
* Chinese industrial production in 2020 larger than in 2009
* Non-agricultural employment in China in 2020 larger than in 2009
next year:
next ten years: