I’ve seen pictures, as well as being there personally, of Tokyo in the Mid 1960’s that look much the same.
Only time will tell, but I think that the Chinese will eventually regret, deeply in their souls, the cost of rushing into a first world economy/position and the resulting eventual take-over of the world-policeman role. They wanted all of the benefits of the position and forgot about the costs.
When was the last time the UN or for that matter the democratic party got anything right.