China is an awakening Superpower and their economy could one day rule the world. What about their military?

Question

Not to be an alarmist, but as a kid the cheap items were all "Made in Japan." No big thing. Their ecomony later exploded. Then such items were "Made in Taiwan" and their economy did the same. Now all the cheap stuff is from China and that country is not a tiny island in the Pacific. When does the U.S. "outsourcing" that creates investment in China make their ecomony explode? How will the size of their country impact the world economy and the environment, specifically global warming, in 20 years or 50 years? China recently successfully blew up a satellite with a rocket launched from the ground over there, they are increasing investment in their military (though North Korea is probably providing good incentive to do so) and their population is skewing decidedly more towards males in the next generation; in what ways could their future economic resources and needs impact the national security of all nations? Is Mandarin as a second language more prudent than Spanish for our kids?

Answer 1

It is possible that in fify years the entire world economy will be based around feeding Chinese people. No joke....their military is well trained, well fed, diciplined, well equiped, loyal, young, educated, and about thirty times the size of our military including all reserve, national guard, scouts (yep, boy and cub...even girl if you're counting. They have more armed men on border patrol than we have in our entire country. Piss them off? I'd rather not at this time.

Answer 2

World Dominance by China is a bit overblown. As your example had alluded to, there were many other countries that had done the same thing as China. There were tons of things that were "made in Japan" and "made in Taiwan". And of course alarmist said Japan was going to takeover the world too. We all know that never happened!! China is has a long, long, long way to go just to catch-up, much less surpass.

As far as China's military, one of your respondents had deftly alluded to the fact that so many countries have nuclear weapons today. There isn't any motivation for DIRECT military conflicts between nuclear powers anymore. Unless, someone find a "cure" to nuclear radiation that's not going to change. So, I don't think any nuclear nation needs to worry about a war with China

I would say both languages are very important to learn. The world will be dominated by 3 languages: English, Spanish and Mandarin. I think the proximity to Latin America by the United States makes Spanish a higher priority. The rest of the world will likely place a higher premium on Mandarin.

Answer 3

Communist China is a marvelous potential. they have the most important status military in the international. they are second in naval length. the united statesA. spends more beneficial money on the militia than anybody else. Communist China has had the H-Bomb for fifty years, and that go with club makes them a marvelous potential. China has astronauts in area, so that you'll furnish H-bombs everywhere in the international. China is #a million militia in the international. the U. S. has the #a million useful militia strike stress in the international. Logistics. cellular militia. waiting to flow everywhere and everywhere in the international. The Airforce has bases dedicated to transferring in short classes of time. China nonetheless has a circulation issue, and are not making an investment in the type of mobility. I actually were to China, and the pink shield is marvelous.

Answer 4

In today's world no real super power can 'rule' the world. The nations that are nuclear armed would destroy each other rather than allow one to be the ruler.

As far as language, Spanish will likely become more and more prevalent in the US as time goes by. While Chinese will always be an important language integration into English will lack considerably because there simply are not enough native speakers among us.

Answer 5

They are a super power and they do have nuclear weapons.
USA is being drained by this war, and this country is about to go down for the third time. Man power and money and division is the order of the day for the USA. He who has the oil rules the world. That could only be stopped by finding and alternative fuel.
If that doesn't happen soon and the country get back on its feet?
Yes teach your children to speak Mandarin.

Answer 6

The Chinese military is a efficient machine and not to be kidded around with it. As for teaching Mandarin to your kids as a second language don't. All the people who speak Mandarin live in china and no where else.

Answer 7

You are right to be concerned about the impact that China is about to make. The US has a huge trade deficit with them, and of course they will use everything they can to their own advantage. A friend who is a college president suggests that students who can speak Mandarin will be very much in demand in the future (this is his #1 language pick).

Answer 8

You make some very valid and interesting points regarding China. One thing to factor into your thinking is China's lack of ability to project their power. Simply launching a handful of missile is insufficient. They must be able to follow up any attack with land forces. Currently they are focused on recapturing Taiwan and have focused their military in that arena.

Answer 9

If "made in Japan" was when you were a kid, then you`re the same age as me. 20 to 50 years? Don`t worry about these things, we`ll be dead when it happens!