How do you feel about the rise of China, and Asia surpassing the USA in global power?
89691
The power had to shift eventually!The U.S.has been running things for about 2 hundred years.Those other nations are acient,1000's of years old .So they don't like being pushed by an infant nation!But we can compete if we start putting more money into education,in small businesses,and start producing products that will out compete their competitors in the global market.
1106897
U.S.A.and new contender, China
528353
China, followed by India. 3rd place according to my estimates, should be Indonesia followed by the US.
796645
China but not because of military reasons but they will soon control the entire world and I'm not sure where we will stand in it anymore, if we will be standing at all.\n\nThis is possibly the last chance we have to get our own economic machine running again but I believe we are on the verge of digging our own graves.
18581
I think so.  China has a huge military.  But the US military is far more advanced.  Thats why the chinese military is striving to be like the US.  I think it would be nasty, violent, and numerous casualties, but the US would win in the end.
371211
Trying to come to terms with the fact that China etc. have overtaken her economically, leaving the US as a second-tier nation.\n\nDesperately trying to hold together the scraps of an "empire" they worked so hard to create at the turn of the century.\n\nRealising that natural resources are running low, and trying to stem the tide of rampant overexploitation \n\nWishing that they'd done something about it 20 years ago!
411216
I'm a student of International Relations and Politics, and China definitely is a very active player on the International Arena. We have discussed this time after time.\n\nChina plays a growing role in Africa, not that Bush cares. China has very suspicious connections with Iran, and has the worlds largest population and one of the strongest economies around.\n\nShould the US care? I definitely think it should. Why? Because there hasn't really been a strong role player in the East, and the West has been dominated by the US and Europe. China can easily sway the rest of the third world, Islamic world and even South America to her side.\n\nLike I said, China is very influential in Africa, has shown sympathy towards Iran, and has a very strong economy.\n\nWith the end of the Cold War, there has never been a balance between superpowers (the French Minister of Foreign Affairs (I believe) actually labeled the US as a hyper-power), and to restore international balance an alliance of a few super, or great powers is needed. This balance might just be created by the wrong countries.\n\nDoes China pose a threat, with respects to Communism vs. Capitalism? I don't think so. China has never tried to sway other countries to communism, and is slowly adapting original Marxist ideals towards a sort of very open-minded communist ideology. Perhaps more in the line of Social Democracy.\n\nChina has been labeled the "sleeping Dragon" and I think this dragon has been waking for a very long time.\n\n"Entry into the superpower club?" She's already there.
9524
The rise of China and India is without question. These two countries, with their enormous populations and embrace of market economies, will challenge the United States as economic superpowers. Europe, with its aging populations and lack-luster economies will fall further behind. The United States will remain a dominant economic and military superpower, and will likely remain a major player in diplomatic negotiations, disaster relief, and regional conflicts.
412119
one day if the US gets a little more power over the rest of the world and some technological advances the US could actually become and empire and use its influence to in effect rule the world.....or.....maybe one day the superpowers of the world will decide to band together and make the entire world and all its people into an unbreakable empire...hey you may laugh now but one day it could happen.
110365
Japan is just beginning to rachet up militarily and with the blessing of the US.  We see Japan as a balance of power in the far east, mainlyn because of the antagonistic attitude of North Korea and the heavy investment that China is making, militarily.  China and Korea have a real attitude regarding Japan, mainly because of atrocities incurred by Japan on these two countries,in the days leading up to WWII and after.  China and Korea both want Japan to admit its wrong doings against these two countries and Japan is being very conservative on what it is and is not prepared to acknowledge regarding the events that happened over sixty years ago. This impasse has put a great strain on the relationship of both Koreas and China regarding Japan. In the meantime, we see some strategic advantage and improved balance of power having a strong Japan as our ally.  A strong China makes everyone in the far east rather uneasy.  China along with that fruit cake in North Korea as their ally, makes it even worse.
328451
China is too big and powerful.
112846
I think America is already beginning a tank out right now and I gie it 10 to 15 years. The big clue to this wsa the fact that nations around the world, including us, have been pleading with China that as it is becoming more powerful it become more of a big brother and friend to the rest of the nations around the world.
83459
The emergence of China as a world power would (in the long run) augur well for the world's Balance of Power.\nThe present Unipolarity that is been experienced would change to Multipolarism with the emergence of other super powers.\nI dont really beleive that China is practising the true tenets of communism. Am sure the "gods" of communism wont be happy with the nature of comunism being practised there!!!\nChina, I believe, is tending more towards capitalism & that would in the long run help the global economy develop faster.
355345
It doesnt really matter if you are for or against it. It is only going to happen at an increasing rate as countries like China and India continue to expand their economies. For those that just take the attitude that think it is a bad thing, you are going to be left behind. You would be much better off to understand it and become part of it.
306842
For quite a long time. However, China is still behind. It continues to progress. The economy is okay. I would not exactly say that it is fabulous because there are still many many homeless and starving people. America is still leading. However America does feel threatened by China. China is improving at a very fast rate. However, there are still large areas and things that have yet to be improved.
86033
China isn't going to be the "absolute power."  While technologically they are moving quite fast, socially and politically, they are generations behind.  During the 1980s, it was the belief that the Germans and the Japanese would become two of the dominant forces in the world, possibly even passing the US.  But, less than a decade later, both economies were crashing.\n\nI don't think the USA will "crash off" either.  The only way the US would really run into a problem is through isolationism.  I think the idea of countries as superpowers are going to lose their luster since the end of the Cold War.  Instead, it will become consortiums, such as NATO, the EU and OPEC.\n\nAs much as some people would hope the US would dissolve, they don't realize the true potential for it.  We are so invested throughout the world, through economic and social foundations.  The US donates more money to humanitarian causes that anywhere else, and we have the largest economy, both for consumption and production.
788256
We owe China billions of dollars, japan and china own large chunks of American land and commercial properties, in 5 years  India will surpass us, China which has surpassed us already in economic base. This is why China is most favorable.\n\n                              I AM