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China May Never Become A Superpower
19FortyFive ^ | 10/20/2022 | Doug Bandow

Posted on 10/21/2022 6:09:30 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111

China also is heading over a demographic cliff. The population has peaked, much earlier than once predicted. With a shrinking population, and a potential two-thirds reduction in working-age population by the end of the century, the PRC might not outstrip the U.S. economically. Still much poorer than America, China is rapidly growing older before it grows rich. That might become its permanent status. The PRC also is rapidly aging and suffers a dearth of women, as a result of the infamous “one-child policy,” which encouraged rural dwellers to abort or kill baby girls.

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I like this in that yes, China is a threat. But is that threat peaking or has peaked? Remember Japan, the next superpower in the 1990s. Oops!
1 posted on 10/21/2022 6:09:30 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
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To: whyilovetexas111

Joe is doing his best to make it so ...


2 posted on 10/21/2022 6:11:40 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: whyilovetexas111

I think China is already a Superpower. Who writes this stuff?


3 posted on 10/21/2022 6:16:12 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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Yeah, China's population has peaked...AT 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE.

China is better off with a lower population with fewer mouths to feed. Their issue is that all of the hill people who were living in the stone age have come to the cities to work in factories, and are now part of a growing middle class that China cannot sustain.

Maybe a nice little war over Taiwan to thin out the heard a bit is what they want...

4 posted on 10/21/2022 6:16:21 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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China has options. They'll just take the surplus population and sell them for body parts on the black market.

We've been wondering how some of our liberal monsters can live so long.

5 posted on 10/21/2022 6:17:45 AM PDT by LouAvul (Complacency is the enemy of courage.)
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To: whyilovetexas111

Please respond to this post to prove you’re not a blogpimp bot, or ‘Onthebrink’ retread. 8~)


6 posted on 10/21/2022 6:18:24 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: whyilovetexas111

Anyone, who doesn’t fully *grok* that China is, BY FAR, the most powerful nation on the planet is deluding themselves, IMO.


7 posted on 10/21/2022 6:18:58 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: whyilovetexas111

They have nukes. They want Taiwan, where the microchips come from, and where sailors on liberty go to get their ashes hauled. Brandon is selling them the strategic petrol reserve bit by bit.


8 posted on 10/21/2022 6:19:24 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Free country? Good morning, Rip. )
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To: whyilovetexas111

I think it’s true. The emergence of a strongman like Xi is evidence of weakness, not strength.


9 posted on 10/21/2022 6:21:16 AM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: Eleutheria5

Want and get are two different things. They will never cross the strait with enough combat power to take that island.


10 posted on 10/21/2022 6:22:50 AM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: whyilovetexas111

China is a major military power but it will never be a superpower.

Because of it cultural nature it lacks the moral authority to back up its military, it can only exert influence through brute force. And that never lasts.


11 posted on 10/21/2022 6:23:32 AM PDT by skeeter
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I think China is already a Superpower. Who writes this stuff”

The Neocons, the same people who predicted Russia would collapse immediately but instead are giving Europe a nightmare winter. Now they want to find out whether Chinese hypersonics can take out our carriers.


12 posted on 10/21/2022 6:30:08 AM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 37 degrees)
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To: whyilovetexas111

Except that Japan made the HUGE mistake of allowing liberalism into their country. China has not made that mistake.


13 posted on 10/21/2022 6:33:54 AM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 37 degrees)
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The Chinese aren’t liberal? And I thought they were communists....


14 posted on 10/21/2022 6:36:11 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: sockmonkey

Country’s that enslave it’s people can never really be a Superpower


15 posted on 10/21/2022 6:37:02 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BobL

One of our biggest problems in the US is that we underestimate other countries to our own peril.

There was a good discussion about this on The Duran a while back.


16 posted on 10/21/2022 6:38:38 AM PDT by dforest
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To: whyilovetexas111

The American people need a boogeyman. It’s China’s turn.

They are a economic power. They are a local military power.

We need to take them seriously. But they have a ton of internal issues that are not going away.


17 posted on 10/21/2022 6:42:22 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Mr Rogers

How many Drag Queen parades does China have per year?


18 posted on 10/21/2022 6:43:52 AM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 37 degrees)
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To: whyilovetexas111
China is already a superpower, depending on how you define it.

Superpower: A superpower is a state with a dominant position characterized by its extensive ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale. This is done through the combined means of economic, military, technological, political and cultural strength as well as diplomatic and soft power influence.

Economically China is a superpower. It is influencing and projecing power on a global scale. Note the belt and road initiative. Note the worldwide influencing organizations. Note their virtual control of the WHO and influence at the UN. Note their influence on Hollywood and the ability to censure criticism of China. Note their ability to place spies in sensitive areas.

The good news, is that as the largest importer from China, the US has tremendous power to limit their growth by raising protective tariffs and returning key manufacturing to our shores.

19 posted on 10/21/2022 6:46:23 AM PDT by DannyTN
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China can revive if its leaders junk Communism and encourage Christian evangelism.


20 posted on 10/21/2022 7:26:58 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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