Is China bound to replace the US really soon?

And I mean like, no more than 50 years.

Economically speaking, they seem to be doing a lot better than the US, and their influence on the world market is growing larger each day, they are already leaving that "cheap products and copies come from China!" image they had (The same happened with Japan a few decades ago).

I think it will be really soon when China will totally replace the US as "World's top country".

Hope you guys are already taking mandarin classes!

The US economy is around 3x that of China, so no. Especially since their economy is based off of the west's. Also, the world is a global economy now anyway so the top economy is meaningless beyond bragging rights.

The US economy is around 3x that of China, so no. Especially since their economy is based off of the west's. Also, the world is a global economy now anyway so the top economy is meaningless beyond bragging rights.

Pirate700

They actually make tangible goods and they have a foreign policy that's way more advanced than "hurr, hurr, u fight evildoer tarrorist or i hit head with big stick." Of course they will...

well yeah they will pass us soon but they have like what?

1.2 billion people?

how can they not pass us barring a complete breakdown of civilization.

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The US economy is around 3x that of China, so no. Especially since their economy is based off of the west's. Also, the world is a global economy now anyway so the top economy is meaningless beyond bragging rights.

lightleggy

lightleggy really is one of the worst topic creators.DroidPhysX

GDP should not be a measure of success.

The rate that China is expanding is scary. Have you checked out the mega-city that is currently underdevelopment. They are taking like 8 cities in china and linking them all together to make one massive city, and I mean MASSIVE. I honestly can not see how China can grow at the rate it is without hitting problems. I mean they are not exactly green in their energy development so unless they invest in great infrastructure to support them when fossil fuels dry up then they will crumble under their own weight.

In some respects I believe the UAE is going to be the worlds hub of top everything at this rate. They are basically gate keepers to what everyone wants. The fact they are building a sky-scraper that is 3 times the height of the shard without blinking an eye is incredible.

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]

The US economy is around 3x that of China, so no. Especially since their economy is based off of the west's. Also, the world is a global economy now anyway so the top economy is meaningless beyond bragging rights.

Pirate700

Possibly, the US is on the verge of crumbling. Every time they hit the debt limit their the boys at the UN increase it. Its only a matter of time before all other nations begin to carve out the US into their own territory.dracolich55

 They are taking like 8 cities in china and linking them all together to make one massive city, and I mean MASSIVE.

o0squishy0o

You mean kinda like the U.S. north-east coast? It's all city from Boston to D.C.

I don't care if we're number 1. I just want a good place to live in. 

I don't care if we're number 1. I just want a good place to live in. 

Blue-Sky

I've got a tent out back. It leaks if you touch the roof when it rains, so don't touch the roof when it rains.

[QUOTE="dracolich55"]Possibly, the US is on the verge of crumbling. Every time they hit the debt limit their the boys at the UN increase it. Its only a matter of time before all other nations begin to carve out the US into their own territory.heeweesRus

Possibly, the US is on the verge of crumbling. Every time they hit the debt limit their the boys at the UN increase it. Its only a matter of time before all other nations begin to carve out the US into their own territory.dracolich55

idk if replace is the word i will use

but they have thrice the number of people, so they are inevitably bound to eventually surpass the U.S. in terms of pure size

per capita stuff will be a while longer ' til they approach a rough parity

They haven't left that cheap products come from China.  That's their driving force of their economy.  Labor is incredibly cheap in china.

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The US economy is around 3x that of China, so no. Especially since their economy is based off of the west's. Also, the world is a global economy now anyway so the top economy is meaningless beyond bragging rights.

lightleggy

The rate that China is expanding is scary. Have you checked out the mega-city that is currently underdevelopment. They are taking like 8 cities in china and linking them all together to make one massive city, and I mean MASSIVE.o0squishy0o

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]

The US economy is around 3x that of China, so no. Especially since their economy is based off of the west's. Also, the world is a global economy now anyway so the top economy is meaningless beyond bragging rights.

NEWMAHAY

I'd imagine it'd be a while before their standard of living got better, unless they somehow shift their focus onto that

Unless something changes global trends, China's economy will be bigger (not necessarily stronger) than America's within a few years, and their main concern right now is developing their country to a halfway decent standard of living, not leveraging that economic power into a ginormous military or making other countries poorer.

Unless something changes global trends, China's economy will be bigger (not necessarily stronger) than America's within a few years, and their main concern right now is developing their country to a halfway decent standard of living, not leveraging that economic power into a ginormous military or making other countries poorer.

Barbariser

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Unless something changes global trends, China's economy will be bigger (not necessarily stronger) than America's within a few years, and their main concern right now is developing their country to a halfway decent standard of living, not leveraging that economic power into a ginormous military or making other countries poorer.

Toxic-Seahorse

It's true that rapid economic growth caused by rapid input increases doesn't last and eventually decelerates to a more "realistic" rate. Either way, just about every developing country faces this problem, and it hasn't stopped South Korea or Japan from reaching Western living standards on industrial export models as well. China only has to be vastly cheaper than the U.S. now because American workers are hugely more productive than them, which is a gap that can be closed by improving education and technology. In any case, countries shouldn't sacrifice living standards to get more FDI, especially since the whole point of getting more FDI is to get higher living standards.

China is fuled by the west and manufacturing for them because of very cheap labor.  Their quality of life is also quite poor, air quality is poor, and in general has a lot of work to do to catch up to 21ct century western standards.  Their population is aging and is male dominant. Their economy will grow and decline.  Once their wages rise high enough to a point where it isn't as beneficial for the west to outsource things, businesses will pull out (it's already happening to a certain point)

In some areas, China has surpassed the US already, such as job prospects for some university graduates.

Nice going with the per capita argument. You kids are really dumb when it comes to international politics... Among many other subjects, of course. A big economy is a big economy, and if it the big country with the big economy also has a big-ass army, then that's the country that has more influence. Uruguay has bigger per capita income than Brazil, but Brazil is still THE South American giant and Uruguay goes where Brazil tells them to go. Same with all the other BRICS: Big countries with big growing economies, big armies and, of course, a big zone of economic and political influence. And it's not that per capita GNP is irrelevant, but it takes a particularly broken logic to assume that Germany's economy somehow is less important than Finland's because of per capita GNP.

nope, china sucks,  even though us needs free healthcare among other problems ,  ,  us has slight advantage in terms of economy and living condiitons  as well 

China is in an economic bubble...just wait.

Nah, they'll never amount to anything.

Anyway the world is moving away from physical empires and towards cultural and intellectual empires.

Economically speaking, they seem to be doing a lot better than the US,

lightleggy

eh.. at some point maybe.. hell they're like 4x the population... what's taking them so long to get their s--- together?comp_atkins

Many of it's people live the middle of nowhere and get about a dollar a day farming or doing skill-less factory work

people need to stop saying they have a low.standard of living has never seen citys like shenzen or shanghai.

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[QUOTE="dracolich55"]Possibly, the US is on the verge of crumbling. Every time they hit the debt limit their the boys at the UN increase it. Its only a matter of time before all other nations begin to carve out the US into their own territory.dracolich55

GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

Get back to me when there aren't 90+ countries ahead of China

lol no.  Their economy is too dependent on our own.  

people need to stop saying they have a low.standard of living has never seen citys like shenzen or shanghai.

osirisx3

yes but the other areas? those places are special economic zones, they need to reflect their fortunes to invite more investors there.