Is China the next superpower?
364813
yes.\ni would even go so far to say that are likely to become the next world "hyper" power. (the US is the first recognized hyper power country and was so some time after the fall of USSR)\nchina has said for a long long time they were tired of being treated as a second rate country and were going to emerge as a superpower.  the three gorges dam was just one of many things they started doing to boost themselves.\nthey definitely have a goal and there is no sign that they will reach it.
63809
Very soon.\n\nIt has one of the largest economies in the world.  It is ranked fomrwhere between 10th - 4th largest depending on how you measure it.\n\nIt has one of the largest film industires in the world.  This should give it major influence on world culture.\n\nIt also is a free and democratic nation, with respect for human rights and property rights.  This gives it a major edge in the international community when compared with China.\n\nI would say that within the next 20-30 years India will be seen as a major world power, within super power status.
242711
Not for a very long time rest easy. Since China artificially manipulates its currency and economic system, it will take some major changes to give it the real shakeup.\n\nfor your question, US should continue to be a world power atleast till 2080 followed by China and India. India will eventually takeover China by late 2090 to be the world's 2nd Superpower. By 2120, India will be the Largest Superpower, followed by China and US.
193172
I think so. China has already has a larger population than we do. This means that they have more man power. More man power means they can produce more for cheaper. They also have the ability to have more great minds and creative thinkers because of such a population. And, if we don't shape up we are screwed.
19487
It is a possibility.  There are a few countries, including India and China, which are starting to gain in power and strength.  This is a good thing for world stability.  It is unhealthy for one country to be the ultimate superpower and to think it can run the entire world.  Increasing power gains by other countries will challenge the US and "put it in its place."
517689
yes.\n\nits why china is surpassing everyone in the biotech and medical fields.. they're atheist and dont have religious barriers.. just like in europe they'll soon be making human limbs from stem cells and implanting them for those who have lost limbs
438605
Yes, China will continue to build their military and there isn't much we can do about it at this point.  However, we can discourage or slow down some of it by not pouring billions of dollars each year into China, by buying their cheap stuff.  Hell, we could buy cheap stuff from Mexico and at the same time relieve ourselves of the immigration fiasco with Mexico because of their lack of jobs.\n\nThe cold war is back and we must recognize that fact.  Like it or not we must quit this nonsense of expecting positive results with Russia playing the part of power broker, relative to Iran, or China with North Korea.  North Korea is China's counter balance to our relationship with Taiwan.  Iran is Russia's counter balance with our interference in the old Eastern Bloc states.\n\nIn the meantime, as China and Russia build militarily, we damn well better stay ahead of them if we expect to survive.  The only thing either country respects is military might.  At this point we are top dog and I personally think it is in our best interest to stay that way.  Diplomacy will not do it, these adversaries who are the legacy of Mao and Stalin are just biding their time until we show weakness like we did in the nineties.  They love the fact that we are preoccupied with the middle east while they pull the puppet strings on Iran and N. Korea.
282023
According to analysts, China will overtake the US around 2020. India will follow. Brazil will wake up one day. And if Europeans are clever, they will keep getting together, in order to have more "weight" in the world issues...
950021
In the near future I would say, yes. They will become an economic juggernaut, they do have nuclear weapons, and it is only a matter of time that they begin to launch their own space program.\n\nWhat are we to do? How about playing the Chinese govt. against the Indian govt., to keep these two powers to be, in check.\n\nOne thing we can do, is stop this suicidal policy of free trade, and globalization. Otherwise kiss your jobs good bye
108875
Realistically, I would say China looks like a good bet. I want it to be America, but I would be lying if I said that China won't eventually surpase the US.
503648
Could be.Their Air FORCE WHICH STILL HAS TIES TO THE bRITISH rOYAL aIR force (RAF) NOT too long ago beat the best USAF pilots in a training exercise over India,their Navy is very strong and their army which is very excellent in the SE aSIAN AREA CAN GIVE OUR GUYS A RUN FOR THE MONEY.tHEY BEAT pAKISTAN IN four different wars back in the 60s and 70s.Their universities are top notch and they have a thriving industry in all fields.\nAfter China, India will be a superpower in another 5 or ten years.
334152
I'd worry about Iran first.  They will have nukes and they are crazy.\n\nDon't get me wrong, what China does is not right, but if we wanted to wage war against oppression, there is a looooonngg list of countries around the world we have to deal with.  China is only the largest of the bunch.  It is also the dumbest one to offend.  You don't want to rattle the cage of a sleeping dragon of a billion people.  Our economies are so inexorably linked as well, it'd be very, very bad for our economy if we were to hurt our ties with them.\n\nChina is also unique in the sense that they were essentially regressing both socially, economically, and technologically during the Mao years.  That's the better half of a century where one of the largest countries in the world sits still while the rest of the world is moving forward at breakneck speed. Now, they must, in their eyes at whatever cost, modernize to catch up for the last fifty years of stagnation.\n\nStill, we can increase indirect pressures on them, and force our businesses to be more stringent in deals with the Chinese.  However, we can only do so little. Doing good just doesn't seem as righteous when it ends up biting you in the rear with a ton more bad.
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You may want to read the following:\n\nPBS Growing Economic Power of China http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/jan-june05/china_4-06.html\nChina Could One Day Pass U.S. As Major Economic Power http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/chinecon.htm\nWe ignore China's growing military and economic power at our peril http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/mhelprin/?id=110006021\nEconomic growth and soft power: China's Africa strategy http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/2438.html \nChina as a Global Economic Power http://www.cato.org/events/china/session2.html
618184
China, and they will be more arrogant than the US because of their lack of human rights and huge military.  China will not reign long as a super power because overpopulation will make even basic consumer goods pricy.  The society will fragment into haves and have nots again. China and it's new found wealth is juicing up and kicjing up it's heals to emulate the US that was back in the 60s.  They want to send men into space and build skyscrapers. Increased communication and interaction will eventually make borders unnecessary.
328451
China is too big and powerful.
213815
It is too hard to tell right now, but that does seem to be a good guess at this point.  Their economy is growing at an insane rate and their population makes the US look like a small village.\n\nOne problem for China though is the unity of the people.  From what I have heard, many of the Chinese in rural areas and in certain sections of the country do not feel a strong attachment to the government, and some even want independence.  The repressive government is also not helping matters.  With such a large area and so many people it is very difficult to maintain unity.\n\nIt will be interesting to see what happens, but I hope if the future does belong to China that it will be accompanied by rational and democratic reforms and an overhaul of their human rights policies (or lack of).
420043
You have it backwards. China isn't ready to compete with us.\n\nSeriously, do you think we became a Superpower through blundering along? We know China's there, and China isn't a threat in any real way but nuclear.\n\nGive them fifty more years, then we'll talk.