Is China the next superpower?

Many people see China's strength mainly in its economy and although China's economy now ranks as the second largest in the world, its per capita income is still roughly 10 times lower than that of Japan and the United States. Due to The low standard of living China is forced to export. And that's what the Chinese economy is, an export- oriented economic system. This has made China overwhelmingly dependent on consumers in the West. Chinese exports, which go through the global sea trade routes, are dominated by the U.S. Navy. This forces Beijing to invest its resources to build a modern navy to protect its interests. Aside from the economics and naval buildup, China faces enormous domestic issues. The east side of its territory is inhabited by secessionist-minded minority groups. The control of the Eastside takes an enormous toll on the Chinese economy as Beijing has to balance the prosperity in the East with the disparity in the West. Aside from internal fragmentation China faces a lot of external pressure from its neighbors. Unlike the United States, China has to contend with strong regional rivals. Just think of Japan, Russia, and India. Even the smaller neighbors are no pushovers: Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam; they will put a lot of weight on the Chinese military and economic resources just to defend the Chinese territorial integrity.

At best China will be an economic superpower and it will take place as one of the world's leading trading powers. But the economic and military resources of Beijing will always be stretched thin. It has to devote enormous amount of military resources just to defend its territorial integrity from its internal fragilities and external rivals.

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[redneck10ivan]

Could the US economy to sustain the population of a billion people? Obviously not! Discus is over.

[fjasserik]

@formalz ok, look at your debt and say that again and China got the biggest gold and money reservs in the world. Your debt is becuse you spend to much on the military and you can't talk about things but instead you use that military power and that is draining your money. just like the sovjets when they were on the decline

[Texasraised1215]

They already are!!!!!!!

[MrRabbit1951]

@LUONG4YAHWEH .Buddhism is simpler.Heaven is open to ALL who do good.You do not need even to agree with the Buddha or need a priest as a go-between you and Heaven.Is that not more easy than having to sing praises to this and that Lord and agree to this and that law or commands?Don't know about you,but I certainly do not want to search for a small passage in a book just to find evidence of the existence of me and people like me.

[DragonOfQin]

@LUONG4YAHWEH China conquered Vietnam in Ming Dynasty under Yongle. Back to Christianity, God chose to save whites before asians. Think about it, Christianity came into Asia, China at about 900AD. So the whites had a 900 year head start. This is unfair. God says he is Just but he is not!

[LUONG4YAHWEH]

@DragonOfQin What makes you feel scared about us True Christians? True Christians don't murder or steal like the Catholic or Muslim pagans do. God YAHWEH is the ONLY way to Heaven & nothing else!

Why does He save more Whites than Asians? Because Whites OBEY Him while stupid Asians are too proud of ourselves to accept Him into our lives! Forget about all this cultural pride nonsense! He doesn't care about any of that or how much money you have! He cares about your OBEDIENCE & LOVE to Him!!!

[LUONG4YAHWEH]

@DragonOfQin In 1954, we Viets CRUSHED the French in the great battle of Dinh Bien Phu. The French never returned.

NO ONE conquers Vietnam. NEVER have and NEVER will. Amen.

[LUONG4YAHWEH]

@DragonOfQin No, sir. We Viets TOTALLY DEFEATED the Dutch in two large naval battles in which we sank most of their BEST warships & killed their admiral! The Dutch were the masters of naval warfare in Europe; they even defeated the English, Spanish & French! But when they came to Vietnam, we totally SLAUGHTERED them! And strangely, half of Vietnam at the time supported the Dutch while the rest opposed them & still the Dutch LOST!

[LUONG4YAHWEH]

@MrRabbit1951, yes my dear brother! There WILL be a place for Orientals like you & me in the Kingdom of Heaven! God YAHWEH is a very JUST & FAIR God! He does not discriminate against races or skin color. To get to Heaven, we must obey His laws by studying our Bible. We must accept God YAHWEH who died on the cross for our sins. We must have a pure heart & mind devoid of any evil or filthiness. The Kingdom of Heaven is for you to take, brother! Let's go there together, OK? I love you! Amen.