MERGED: CHINA: Next Superpower?

[raphz]

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i dont think so... they may have the most population but not real superiority in terms of technology. US invested billions or trillions of dollars to their armed forces to advance its programs so to have lesser human casualties. hnuon sundon daun ni sa china ky kusug au mo pirate. hahaha! pirating hnuon cla jud ang SUPERPOWER.

[KingBooker]

It could be... And China is on the right track, look at them now. almost the products are made from China... (and some with great quality)

Look back also in history, USA is not superpower before...

World is always shifting... Also the economics...

[erwin_rommel]

way au if ma superpower ni ang china kay basig ma minsan atong freedom

[flanker]

China good contendender for the next superpower but i doubt mahimo sila #1 tungod sa political and economic challenges plus limited supplies of energy and raw materials, questions over its innovation capability, inequality and corruption, and risks to social stability and the environment issues.

Pero naa gihapon influence ang China sa US considering pila ka billions investment nila sa US and growing, kung modiversify sila ng investment elsewhere, mo-collapse ang value ng dollar ug mo trigger ug high inflation na maka-apekto sab sa ila stockmarket. enough na guro ni para maguba ang economy ng US ??

di na siguro nato i-apil ang Pinas kay wa na gyud ta chance magduha2x man gani ta mag nuclear energy. kahit man lang nuclear superpower lang ta.

*sources wiki, BBC

Energy lang jud ilang problema... Mao nakig deal na ang China sa Central Asian countries for energy.

50 years pa daw ma overtake ang US Economy sa China... Naa cla chance as a economic power but sa military technology they're behind mao cge lang cla ug copy.

I agree.. its irrelevant if atong e link ang Pinas to this thread. lolz

[skullyboy]

nakagawas na sa drydock ang aircraft carrier sa china named the "Shi Lang" carrying pennant number 83 (ex-Soviet "Varyag")

the Chinese Navy (PLAN) is now on aircraft carrier mode

[KASAAC]

...long way to go for China

[YellowSubmarine]

nakagawas na sa drydock ang aircraft carrier sa china named the "Shi Lang" carrying pennant number 83 (ex-Soviet "Varyag")

the Chinese Navy (PLAN) is now on aircraft carrier mode

mura hapit na.. naa nasad sila pang escort sa Varyag

THE RISING SEA DRAGON IN ASIA VARYAG TRANSFORMATION

[grovestreet]

my take on this issue is that, the U.s. have efficiently established itself as the prime influence in global politics that it will be hard for any nation to overtake what the U.S. have accomplished. What makes this empire different from other empires in the past? one crucial advantage for U.S. is that, unlike previous global superpowers, the U.s. have achieved this much in an age where global communication is an instant. What does this mean? it means better and more efficient organizational mechanisms on their part, in terms of self-preservation that will ensure their long term hegemony.

[brangelina]

hahay way ,u pilde sa Cina! gkareer ang imitation!!! yhey are killing all the businesses in Europe and in amreika! mao bah mahimu jud clang giant! giant nga PEKE!

[leonell]

Full steam ahead for China's territorial ambitions
July 13, 2010

In a famous maxim, China's late leader Deng Xiaoping urged his countrymen to "hide your brightness, bide your time". That was more than 20 years ago. It now seems China's leaders have finished biding their time.

In an assertive redefinition of its place in the world, China has put the South China Sea into its "core national interest" category of non-negotiable territorial claims - in the same league as Taiwan and Tibet. China has drawn a red line down the map of Asia and defies anyone to cross it.

It brings China into direct conflict with the claims of five neighbours, and challenges the US Navy's dominance of the waters. One-third of all commercial shipping in the world passes through the waters now claimed exclusively by China, the sea bounded by Taiwan in the north, Vietnam in the west, the Philippines in the east and Malaysia and Brunei in the south.

It contains oil and gas fields; some Chinese analysts have dubbed it "Asia's Persian Gulf" for its potential oil wealth and its fractiousness. It is particularly inflammatory because China's government is repudiating its non-binding 2002 agreement with its South-East Asian neighbours to solve territorial disputes through peaceful negotiation.

It's a crisis, but a quiet one. That's mainly because the affronted countries are reacting with wary restraint towards their burgeoning neighbour. Vietnam has pointedly demanded China observe the agreement, but the others have been almost inaudible.

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Nagsugod na'g sulti daan ang China about their plans of claiming the Spratly's under UNEGOTIABLE terms. They are now challenging not just the other claimants but also the U.S Navy's dominance on the ocean.

We can now see them as an external threat. Paspasi na tawn nang modernization ug expansion sa military uie!