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Originally Posted by masonbauknight
China will not be "the world's most powerful nation soon." It will be the world's largest economy, which is quite different. When China has military bases on 5 continents (like the U.S.), when its language is compulsory in countries on 5 continents (as English is), and when students the world over want to study in Chinese universities (the way they study in the U.S. or the U.K.), we'll talk about a Chinese superpower. That day is MANY decades away -- if it ever arrives.
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I am confident that day will arrive. The United States is a nation of free market dogmatist idiots with a populace of irrational sheeple, but the Chinese are much more pragmatic and probably have a higher average IQ.
Having the world's largest economy helps support a powerful military and provides the potential to build an even larger military. In contrast, a declining nation like the United States really can't afford to keep plowing so much money into its military. Also, eventually China will have more advanced weapons than our military since they will have the economy needed to foster research and development. Heck, we can't even build our own submarines independently today simply because we do not/cannot manufacture the required high-tech components.
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