The Very British Dude has some excellent reasons why China is not a super power and why China will not become a super power anytime in the very near future. He asserts:
"Of course china is a country with VAST potential. But the assumption that China is the next Hegemonic superpower seems lazy to me. Remember they have a population an order of magnitude larger than our own, but have only just passed the UK in total size of the economy (with a little help from our ex-chancellor nobbling ours). They may be catching up fast, but there is still a LONG way to go. Both economically and militarily, China is still dwarfed by the USA."
Read the full article here.
And when you're done reading it, cruise back over to the Humble Libertarian for your moment of Zen. Oh yeah- Men Without Hats singing "Living in China:"