China the Next Superpower

China huh?! Well, I think The People's Republic of China is a very high cultural and economic resoursful (sp?) nation. But in reality (whether you agree or not) Japan is the real superpower economically in Asia. I don't think neither government would want one of their competitors so close to their territory. And in reality the Western nations do favor the Japanese over the Chinese when it comes to trade and business. That is the reason you see China opening more to the rest of the world. They learn their lesson from the Soviet Union that there is no point in being secluded from other nations. Is better to be open and join the large global market than to stick to some corrupt ideology of communist propaganda.

The mentality in China is disturbing..

I've herd North Korea actualy has a bigger army than China now.Don't know if it's true though.

Lots of males in China though......they abort most girls....prefer boys....huge military now.

yeah, i think China is the only country in the world that has even a slight chance at mounting a succesful invasion of the U.S. they have the 2nd largest navy in the world, and have so many guys that it's like 1 gun for every 5 men. Also, think of how much stuff we need China to make. if they just stop making it, and use all that cheap labor to make military weapons, they will deffinitely be a superpower. i woouldn't be surprised if in the next century there was a Chinese conquest of Asia.

Originally posted by WindDancer
China huh?! Well, I think The People's Republic of China is a very high cultural and economic resoursful (sp?) nation. But in reality (whether you agree or not) Japan is the real superpower economically in Asia. I don't think neither government would want one of their competitors so close to their territory. And in reality the Western nations do favor the Japanese over the Chinese when it comes to trade and business. That is the reason you see China opening more to the rest of the world. They learn their lesson from the Soviet Union that there is no point in being secluded from other nations. Is better to be open and join the large global market than to stick to some corrupt ideology of communist propaganda.

I agree, and yeah so far Japan hsa been the economic superpower in Asia, but that's gonna change, China is growing more foreigners are coming every day here it's just a matter of time before China's economy beats the hell out of Japan's.

Originally posted by whobdamandog
duhh......the fall of Capitalism is at hand...

if it grows the same thing will happen as to what happened to the USSR

Originally posted by Grand Moff Gav,
if it grows the same thing will happen as to what happened to the USSR

It will fall, yes but it won't be in the same way than the soviet union

Originally posted by IceWithin
It will fall, yes but it won't be in the same way than the soviet union

Communisium cant work in the world capatilism is the only way foward for china

Originally posted by debbiejo
Lots of males in China though......they abort most girls....prefer boys....huge military now.

good point...seems relatively benign but many biologists think that what they doing is causing serious genetic problems for the future

The Chinese have the biggest army and air force in the world

http://www.rense.com/general67/topch.htm

China is prepared to use nuclear weapons against the US if it is attacked by Washington during a confrontation over Taiwan, a Chinese general said on Thursday.

"If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to the target zone on China's territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons," said General Zhu Chenghu.

Gen Zhu was speaking at a function for foreign journalists organised, in part, by the Chinese government. He added that China's definition of its territory included warships and aircraft.

"If the Americans are determined to interfere [then] we will be determined to respond," said Gen Zhu, who is also a professor at China's National Defence University.

"We . . . will prepare ourselves for the destruction of all of the cities east of Xian. Of course the Americans will have to be prepared that hundreds . . . of cities will be destroyed by the Chinese."

Originally posted by Grand Moff Gav,
The Chinese have the biggest army and air force in the world

Yeah, but fortunately for the world, they threw the Russians out before they were properly taught how to use them, like the Libyans did to the Russian military advisors. But they made protoypes of the weapons the Soviets afforded them, and very good ones apprently.

There's been some talk of Chinese\Russian military exercises on the border, and I was wondering if any of you had heard about this or not?
There also seems to be some refitting and upgrade of both armies as well, and it only makes me wonder if there's going to be a second shot at Communism with the lessons well learned from the failures of the past.

excluding the pussy army, japan is the next superpower.

I read about the Chinese air force in a nonfiction book by Clancy, and apparently the Chinese air force, though seeminlgy strong, is so thinly supplied and manned that it could only operate at maximum effectiveness for about four days. But that was a few years ago, things might have changed now.

China is a country in information denial. It does not follow a recognisable form of capitalism, even though it is starting to introduce the concept of market forces. But whilst it remains a society whose leaders insist upon the control of information, it will not achieve proper superpower status in today's world.

The riposte to the question "What can stop China now?" is pretty simple- China can.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
China is a country in information denial. It does not follow a recognisable form of capitalism, even though it is starting to introduce the concept of market forces. But whilst it remains a society whose leaders insist upon the control of information, it will not achieve proper superpower status in today's world.

The riposte to the question "What can stop China now?" is pretty simple- China can.

You think so? I think China is being brilliant, they just have to limit their growth otherwise it will come crashing down hard eventually.

But the biggest weakness of Communism is being removed by the way China acts now, and the leaders still have the advantages of it. They are being smart, who cares if its a new system. It could work very well, it has so far.

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
excluding the pussy army, japan is the next superpower.

Well the army they have is just their defense force and not an actual army. At the end of WW2, general McArthur made it a condition for surrender, that the Japanese allow occupational forces in Japan in post WW2. As for being pussies, not so sure about that-a Marine buddy of mine said he saw a 60 some year old JDF soldier take down a guy who was 6'2 with just a baton, and he hit him 6 or 7 times before he knew what hit him. but being you're talking actual military conflict, yeah you have a valid point because they're a reactionary defense force and not an offensive one.

have you guys ever seen how many things say "made in china"? what would happen if they stopped making those things, and used all that cheap labor to produce tanks, weapon, and planes?

I somehow doubt it that China would be like that.JM