Who will be economically stronger in 20 years...China or the U.S.?

Question

I would like to hear some good arguments for the U.S. side.

Answer 1

well by the looks of it , you would have to say Chinia. but Chinia is heading for hard times. there is brain drain happening ( the same that happened to USSRin the 1970- 1980) and because of there government belief of forced abortion that by the next generation they will start losing their population. which will but extra strian on there resources. here is a nice article.

http://www.breakpoint.org/listingarticle.asp?ID=6239

Answer 2

Not in 20 years, but china in 20 years will definitely have an upper hand. Just today china announced that they will start making CARS! I think this is great! I totally support china on trying on becoming a superpower. Slowly, china will start increasing wages and the people from china will have better living standards. As to them being a communist country, I believe that they will soon start breaking down with no conflics what so ever.

Answer 3

We're still their biggest customer today. If any of the real meat of the SPP goes through, there'll be more new factories than you can imagine in Mexico. Yes, we've been there, but their infrastructure hasn't. China is different, for today.

People used to say (20 years ago) Japan would surpass the US. Then their economy imploded.

Bottom Line: If we stop buying from China, that'll hurt their growth.

Answer 4

China has a lot to do with respect to its currency, establishing ownership rights, massive overpopulation concerns, the agricultural issues that come with overpopulation, and dealing with its environmental issues. (Not to mention individual freedoms) With the joys of capitalism the issues that plague socialist governments are only highlighted. If China is able to address these concerns it will be very powerful but it still has some very large hurtles to overcome.

The US, on the other hand, really only has to deal with the same old issues we have been dealing with for quite some time now. Foreign competition has been around for a while. The American economic model is uniquely able deal with competition. It will be a tough fight but don't be so quickly to count the US out.

Answer 5

China may become larger in terms of consumer spending and consumption but China's Achilles' heel is always the underlying corruption that plagues China and the communist system. The reason China props up the yuan is to gain market share and to undermine other economies. True, the Chinese are a huge market, but the government of China doesn't care about its people, it wants domination, economic power.

The best way to fight this is to NOT BUY CHINESE GOODS. I make an effort to avoid supporting the Chinese economy. I realize it may be a fruitless gesture, but every time you buy Chinese, you are undermining the economies of the Free World.

Answer 6

The US is actually in the catbird seat, here. With it's position as the number one consumer on the planet, there is still wiggle room for the US to use its collective head, and negotiate, not only impressive contracts and treaties, but the sort which would blow the doors off of the Kyoto Protocols, and would force the world to weigh penalties against China and India for their pollution output. However, time is of the essence, and the quicker the US moves, the farther ahead they will stay in the game.

Yes. I am on a bio-fuel soapbox, tonight. Here's why:
- Foreign aid and trade to OPEC member states? A huge honkin' ammount in the billions, to be sure.
- Subsidies payed to American farmers to NOT grow veggies, in order to protect the prices of foreign crops? Hundreds of millions
- Ammopunt of money payed by American consumers for petroleum products? Omigawd this is a staggering number!!!

Now apply all of that money into developing bio-fuels, not only here in the US, but in Central and South America, Asia, and Africa, and you will see an exponential decrease in CFC's, an increase in jobs (Retooling to roads, phasing out gasoline engines, for Ethanol and Diesel engines (since bio-diesel uses the same engine as a regular diesel), processing plants to process oils from the food industry, processing plants for raw materials, etc... The list does expand.) in all of these places, which ammounts to happier folks, because they have jobs, who in turn invest into their local economies, thus making more potential for contracts and treaties. It's a self-fulfilling cycle.

Answer 7

USA. The Chinese are Communist. Name me one Communist country that has succeeded in economical growth. Russia fell, Cuba is near dead, N. Korea is starving, and China is over-crowed, and near the brink of starvation. The only good thing about China, is that they may win a war, by having so many people they will make fight it. The Chinese government doesn't care if their people live or die. They have too many.

Answer 8

China is way ahead already,they are the modest superpower.If the US had half of the culture,honor and fore-sight of China they wouldn't be in the mess that they are.Twenty years? try ten,the states will still be pulling out of the mess they're making of the Middle east.I just hope that Canada realizes in time that,if your neighbour insists on going down the drain,there's only so much help you can give until it's time to close the lid and double flush.

Answer 9

China hands down. Sorry. There is little argument.

Answer 10

At our current growth rates China will pass the US in 50 years. It won't happen sooner as no nation comes close to the US in innovation and marketing skills.