Can China survive as a nation and why?
536164
The current boundaries do not go back for centuries.  The only reason the Han Chinese (majority ethnicity, like whites in the USA) argue otherwise is on the basis of VASSAL states, which had to pay taxes to the Han emperor for protection from his army.  If this argument was valid, all of Vietnam and Cambodia and parts of Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Mongolia, India and several -Istans would all be under Chinese control.\n\nBut you notice the people in those countries don't recognize Chinese claims.  Neither do the minorities who found themselves inside China's boundaries after Mao forcibly redrew the map and colonized their territory.\n\nIn addition, the Han themselves are beginning to get fed up with the Communist Party, largely because of exposure to the West.  There's really no telling what would happen if the government had to send the military in to face nation-wide protests.\n\nWar with the US, on the other hand, could be a unifying cause.  And we don't know how to end a war with China.
1025390
I honestly believe that democracy does not work in all parts of the world. China would fail if democracy ever happened there. China is a country that has deep traditions, and for that reason China will never be a democracy. On top of that they saw what democracy did for Russia.
180998
china's too big.  they were always having civil wars.  japan was already a much more united state.  you need strong, united states to impose the disciplines that industrialization required.
482133
China..War isn't just who'se got more tanks and more missiles.\nThe chinease people are more cultured and better educated and the average chinease citizen knows far more about the outside world than the average American, they are not apt ot belive in such fairy tales like those that fill the amrican media about other nations and therefore they are less apt to getshoked when facing the real world in a real world.\nBesides, the educational system in china is better, and is not weakened by a weird control of regressive religious thought as the case with america andtherefore the chinease aremore innovative and can produce better research, which helps in modernizing weapons.\nThe chinease production is the highest in the world(500 major industrial cities!)and their rate of development is staggering(from 10-16% yearly!) They can afford a long war(and it has to be loong causeyou just can`t destroy the whole of china by a sudden nuclear strike, not unless you wish to commit suicide!)\nIn short China have wisdom, innovation and culture + a very modern army+ 1.3 billion citizens, most of them youth who are able to serve and ell trained for fighting.\nLets hope such war will never happen.\n\nAnd again it isn`t amatter of who spends more. USA is having a major problem in Iraq despite being a million times richer! And USA will not dare attack Iran despite having a far superior army, war isnt that simple, it isn`t a fight in a bar:)
459572
You said it, and mentioned the dangers and benefits for China.  They get the technology, and the jobs. Plus they don't allow much importing, unless some of the process is there.  The exception is raw materials.  They actually have the right idea.  Eventually US politicians are going to let everything leave the US, and we will loose in the long run.  One day, China will be the only super-power.  I just hope I'm gone before that happens.
520474
My 2 cents: China is growing by leaps and bounds both militarily and financially. It will only be a matter of time before Taiwan sees the benefits of integrating with China. \n\nHowever, if talks go on now for reunification, Taiwan will retain a lot of the bargaining power and can state the terms of reunification. If the time comes when China surpasses Taiwan both in technology and finance, what bargaining power will Taiwan retain?\n\nAt present, the Taiwanese are already investing very heavily in China. There are some 500,000 taiwanese living in Shanghai at the moment. \n\nThis is a face issue....as long as Taiwan does not declare independence, the Chinese will have no cause to attack it. if foreign powers carved out pieces of your country in the past and wants to do it again, would your country stand by and watch without doing anything?
749233
India is well ahead, but China is moving up.  But China's lack of a sound legal system and representative government will increasingly be an impediment to its development.
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.
218639
No way, China is fast becoming a superpower. I think they will eventually become a superpower beyond what the world has ever seen. They are already in a position to make the US go bankrupt whenever they decide it will be in their best interest.
266000
advantages\nsecure from monsoons by the mountains\nwhen china first inhabited, good for safety from enemies\n\ndisadvantages\ndifficult for communication
484426
Chief Allies: American Consumers, Iran\nArchenemies: Japan/India\n$50 billion per year of foreign investment, a labor force that survives on $70 a month, has enjoyed a 9% GDP growth for 25 years....all under state controlled pseudo-capitalism, has a spiking fuel addiction, and just inked a $70 billion three-decade natural gas deal with Iran\n\nEconomy: China has an economy so robust that to keep the value of its “Yuan” in check, the People’s Bank of China has been propping up our currency by accumulating American dollars, bonds, and treasuries—about $533 billion at last count.  By keeping the currency undervalued, the Chinese are telling the world, “We can provide you with low-cost goods,” Communism may be nearly dead in all but the name in China, but it survives in the form of one last taboo: the fact that the right of an individual to won agricultural land is tenuous (weak) at best.\n\nProblem: China needs to address the fact that its farmers have missed out on the double-digit growh that has transformed urban China and turned its richest cities into some of the most dynamic in Asia.\n\nProblem: If China decided to drop/dump its dollar reserve on the world currency market, interest rates here could skyrocket, severely damaging our stock and housing markets.  However, that probably won’t happen because China needs American prosperity to continue its growth, and Americans with extra dollars love Chinese imports.  It keeps the Chinese economic juggernaut rolling.
158646
Hope this is not too late\n\nIt's fascinating - went from an imperial government to republic, lots of corruption, then to communist, famine, cultural revolution, then a little bit capital with the opening of the economy, more corrupt, and now the country is pretty stable.\n\nMillions upon millions of people died, values changed, people became selfless (when the govt promoted a man called Lei Feng) and now adays it's every man for himself no matter what happens to everyone else.
1170831
China's communism is much deeper rooted than the Soviet System.  One thing you can say for the Chinese is that they do evolve to new systems when they are better.  You can see this slow change over the thousands of years that China has existed.  Kinda makes you feel like a baby country when you think the US has only been around for 200 years.
632888
No. Not just on its military. China's economy is growing rapidly. China's products are exported to all over the world especially in most Asian countries and some European contries. Through economic growth, its power status grows. China's economy is among the strongest in Asia, if not the world. So if China's economy gets bad, it will affect most countries that it has economic ties with. So, its power status is dependent on its rapidly-growing economy and not just its military although its military is the largest in the world.\n\n(China used to be a communist country but things have since change a bit after nearly a century the communist party took over the country which used to be a monarchy. China is kinda like just partially communist now.)
400405
Although China still and the most of the outside world refers to the country as a: "communist state" very few people would agree that China fits that definition.  \n\nThe Modern day government in China is more like an Oligopoly in which a group of politically well connected people run a totalitarian government while allowing it's people to engage capitalist market activities.\n\nTrue communist nations that embrace the economic system as much as possible as well as the ideology of big government control are: North Korea and to a lesser extent Cuba.  I say to a lesser extent when refering to Cuba because they have allowed tourism and slight free market reforms in order to prop up their economy.
691463
I am an American who has been living in China for over four years. Many of the things said and written about China is actually not true.\n\nThere is the speculation that China is the fastest growing Christian population and it is underground. The fact is, the Christian church I attend is forced to have several Sunday services, due to the increased amount of people becoming Christians. There are security people near the enterance; I have watched them incognito; they assure there is no noise or traffic to interfere with the service.\n\nI teach at a university and am a judge for many English contests. Even with some military people and people who are Communist in the audience, the contestants will include references to god. During the last contest, the girl that won made references to God, heaven, Bible, and baptism. When I give the keynote speeches, nobody has ever approached me to disregard anything I was prepared to say. Many of the soldiers and Communist party people will shake my hand and thank me for the nice speech.\n\nI have listened to the English Channel news; Yahoo news has most of the same stories. When anyone in a news station says anything bad about a president of prime minister of another country, it is usually cut away.\n\nSure there are problems in China; the country must be able to stay on an even plateau to take care of and feed 1.3 million people. China has come a long way. The idea that things are as bad as many people think is false.
300363
China is a totalitarian Communist State; and they rule with an iron fist.  They execute 8,000 political prisoners a year in China...think about that for a second...8,000 people a year kille for their political beliefs that differ from the government.  \n\nI'm happy to be an American, and hope we can keep it that way forever.