China is going to take over from The United States of America as the World's Super Power.......how do u see.?

Answer 1

With only a few exception (mostly canned answers) every one of the answers here are wrong.

Unlike any country in the past, Japan included that dire warnings of a Japanese take over of world markets which didn't come to reality, China has something no other country has. A labor force of almost 800 million, under and unemployment which will keep wages low for decades, and a cost of living that would make the poor in the USA seem rich.

China is investing heavily in its future and plans very well. Example, they have 5 year plans and those plans are reviewed yearly and if need be amended and changed. The USA has no such planning, except those that most Americans know little of, especially Cheney's energy plan which was held in secret.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have both said this will be China's century. I'd pay attention to them rather then some radio personality or talking head.

Our biggest problem now is three fold, our lack of transparency when it comes to our future, our over reliance on moral issues as the most important. Such as flag burning, abortion, prayer in school, stem cell research, even immigration which doesn't affect the vast majority of us. The third is we are pricing ourselves out of markets with our high wages and benefits. It is not an impossibility that we will live with a reduced income, it is a certainty. Remember, nothing stays static and while the world is getting to the American dream, we have divisive politics and lack of focus which puts us in a precarious position. Therefore, we will only have ourselves to blame in the end.

Our biggest problem right now is our lack of planning and just muddling along as if we're still living in the 60's and 70's where we did have a big manufacturing base and global economies were only dreamed of.

All of these reasons are going to affect your future, but more importantly your children's future.

It's time to take off the blinders and stop living in the past. Our future depends on it.

Signed, an ex USA pat living in the heart of China

Peace

Jim

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Answer 2

Interesting question. I think a lot of the scientific advances would have come from Europe anyway since most of the US are descended from European colonists. Maybe the innovations would not have happened as quickly though since Europe was economically crippled after the first world war. America's intervention in the wars and its advocacy for self determination greatly helped speed up the efforts to secure peace in Europe. However other than that I don't think the world would be in a much worse state than it is at the moment. Human rights movement would have went on regardless and Great Britain in particular was a big hotspot for Asian and African immigration. In fact the UK is a far more multicultural society today than the US.

Answer 3

No, they won't. China likes to show the world that they're in good condition, even when things are not good. They're not really as powerful now as they seem. At one point Chairman Mao starved millions of Chinese people to death it was so he could continue to export food to other countries to convince them that China was ok. Chinese people still refer to China as a developing country. They can't comprehend being richer than USA.

China and Chinese people worry a lot about "face," looking good to others. But here are some reasons they will not because the World's Super Power for a long time:
- their education system is a joke
- the products they manufacture are still not good enough quality
- lack of enforced copyright law (pirated music and movies) make it virtually impossible to succeed as an artist in China
- they still have a billion and a half mouths to feed, and this will always be priority number one
- bribery is too big a part of their culture - they let the inferior succeed over the superior if they have more money to pay

Yes China is BIG, but if you come take a look at how the country actually operates, you will see that they're still actually centuries away from any sort of world domination.

Answer 4

Very unlikely. We hear this every time some large country steps onto the economic world stage. First it was Japan, then Russia, now China.

And the refrain is always the same: they're "disciplined" (read: subordinated), they have al this "potential" and Americans are "lazy" (not true--efficiency is not laziness).

Yada, yada, yada.

Sure--China will be a strong competitor. Big deal--that's jsut more business for the USA--but only second-raters see competition as a threat. And REAL businessmen/women in the USA are NOT second-rate.

Answer 5

The 21st century is going to be China's century. A lot of people, I would say mostly Americans are not aware of this issue.

While American women continue to shop and bleach their hair blond, its soldiers are at war.

Research and development has stalled in this country.

This country has become a joke for a superpower. It is not a superpower.

Answer 6

It's a long time to go ! There are many questions to be solved to achieve this arm . But nothing can change the direction of history .
That's a destiny .

Answer 7

It is a possiblity... One that we allowed to happen.
A related question would be; If they do, how long will they last? Their air and water is suffering tremendously just like Japans did. One generation of chinese with no arms, webbed feet and flounder eyes on one side of their head will level the field again.

Answer 8

If we continue the path we're on, i see major conflicts coming from china. We sit by and allow china to use unfair trade practices as we build up massive debt with them each day we're stuck in iraq. Eventually it's got to break!

Answer 9

You cannot compare apples to oranges.

We could have just as many exports if American workers would be happy with making $10.000 annually,

That is never going to happen, so what is the solution.

The only solution is to stop purchasing their low priced goods.
Why we continue to buy products from a communist government is beyond me, it is not as if China's economy is helping its people.

How many slaves did they find in China last week?

Answer 10

I'm surprised to hear so many people aware of this. I think the bogus 'illegal immigration' was planned by Washington to compete with China.

Production is wealth, and wealth is strength, and we're not producing anything except "Methane from DC".