who will be the next superpower- India or China?

Answer 1

China. Now that I've answered your question...

Calling any nation a 'superpower' is doing a disservice. It implies a power imbalance and importance that isn't there. Even though the USA is referred to as a 'Superpower', the USA (& the G.W. Bush administration in particular) is actually borrowing money so fast from other nations that they're owning us... and mostly that's China.

The USA is a super-spending-power, and that's a good way to end up in debt for the rest of your life, your children's lives, their children's lives,...

Answer 2

In about 100 years we will see, but it will be that long before there is a change. To be a superpower you need the military, the economy, and the logistics to use the first two. Neither China or India has the ability to move alot of troops anywhere in the world fast. Neither has a large impact on the worlds money markets yet either

Answer 3

India

Answer 4

China, i bet many of you have not been to China. I went to china last year, there was this indian guy sitting beside me on plane who was talking about what he expected of China cities.(mostly negative views) When he stepped out of the plane, he was totally stunned. He had not expected China cities to be that advanced. Then he spoke of india's infrastructure as a shabble compared to China. Just go to any chinese cities and you see the difference, perhaps you all remembered China as it was in 1980s.

Answer 5

It depends on us(Youth of the Country) only whom we want to be the Superpower India or China.....

Answer 6

India, because China has too many young people to support the aging, due to one-child law. This will be economically very tough for some while.

Answer 7

India for sure. Slow and steady wins the race. China would soon run out of breath. Well for USA, it has peaked.

Answer 8

This question would have been rather curious two decades ago, but since the 1980s, both India and China have been on a significant rise - but the question is not one of statistics or even history; the answer would not be found anywhere but in the Middle East, where conflicts are producing reform and other changes all over the world.

The short answer is simple: China. The long answer isn't so simple. Barring significant policy changes in the United States or Europe, China has a serious socio-economic advantage over India in the form of an - on average - more skilled labor pool and relaxed commercial regulations, a product of the slow transformation from Maoist socialist infrastructure to a free market. Their industry, geared towards manufacture and agriculture, is growing at an either impressive or alarming rate - depending on your perspective - and is the third pivot on which the global economy swings, behind the United States(and therefore Japan) and then Europe.

The Chinese also have displayed a rewarding habit of borrowing or stealing technological innovations, both industrial, social, and martial; a great benefit to the country, especially Sino-American economic relations, where the Chinese enjoy a massive advantage in import-export difference, relative to the United States and even most other developing countries in North and South America. As the Chinese people exercise their voice, and government policies retain their habit of firm but frugal social reform, their economy will continue to mature and boom.

Of course, it helps that China has the largest armed forces in the world, and among one of the most advanced, and advancing quickly. The second largest air force in the world and a budget that - in proportion - is nearly equal to the United States, there is more than just bark to China's saber-rattling, when it occurs, which is rare - wise, considering their somewhat precarious position as a potent but hardly self-sufficient industrial machine. It's important to note that China lacks a significant navy, severly undermining their ability to project power globally, or even within the region. Still, in the Far East, there are few potential obstacles to the People's Liberation Army. Yet another caveat is also one of China's great strengths: their trade with the American states, most notably the US, favors China heavily in import to export ratios, but this inflated foreign reliance on Chinese labor, manufacture, and services does not serve the country in the long term as ultimately their economy is as reliant on other countries as they are on it.

The exact same weakness is seen in the United States, whose position as the most powerful economic entity in the world is undermined by the fact that actual economic resources exist in the large majority outside of the national borders, in foreign lands. The relationship is complex, but it's simple to see that resources unavailable are often practically resources non-existant.

However, the Chinese aren't afraid of strong central planning where they believe it is prudent, and national industries are given favor over foreign corporations or other private enterprises. On the other hand, the Indians are developing a service and manufacturing-based economy - but with divisive issues such as a dangerous dispute with Pakistan and drug trafficking splitting the country between jigsaw demographics, the Indian government has shown a tendency to make relatively conservative decisions where international policy is concerned, though their internal struggles and historical rivalry with both Pakistan and some of the Oceanic states seem to compel rash reactions from the country, both in popular and state respects.

India's military, while large and for the most part respectable, is behind international standards; even many former Warsaw Pact countries train their armed forces more thoroughly and equip them more reliably - notably Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. On the same note, the rest of Europe also stands above India in respect to their armed forces, both in terms of the UN standard and NATO. That's not to say that India is without teeth, though. While most Western nations have a superior quality of armed forces, India has an advantage in manpower resources and a historically strategic geopgraphic location. Still, India shares a weakness with China - their lack of a serious navy is a limiting factor in their global potential, and even the merchant marine is lacking.

It's impossible to say for sure which country will arrive at superpower status first - but if current and evolving trends are any indication, China has a generous advantage over their Indian rivals. Though throttled by conflicts in Tibet and some national unrest, China's position is no less secure than the one India finds itself. With their superior points in terms of armed forces, socio-economic planning, trade policies and an at large wealthier, more productive population, some already consider the Chinese a superpower, with the European Union and perhaps a fledgling India, and as the United States a hyperpower, categorized on a different level than traditional geopolitical entities. Unless American or European trade policies towards the East change, there is significant advantage for China, and their future as a global force is nearly assured.

Dave B.
Los Angeles, United States

Answer 9

China... People here are more business-minded. Plus, they are on a strategic location--->close to Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and India as well...

Answer 10

it is hard to know difinitely but alot of experts expects that China will be the greatest power of the future as it has a giant army which no one has known about it until 1995 . It has a huge workforce which can make thier country an empire .