Will China really take over?
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- kingkong0
Agree with georgesIII, The UK subjugated about a billion people, renamed Zimbabwe after Cecil Rodes, ran the slave trade, amoungst other special moments. We did an awful lot of good, but we abused the 'superpower' position in so many ways.
I suppose we have had it pretty good for 500 years, building our wealth on the backs of the worlds poor, from sugar in Brazil to spice from India, to diamonds in Africa to oil in the middle east. It was going to end sometime, just happens to be happening on our watch.
So there is definitely a rebalancing going on. I work in a big ad firm and so much of what we do is now heading eastwards from Europe.
I've spent a lot of time in China (and I'd throw in India into that mix too) and just on a sheer numbers game they'll take over. Once they figure out innovation they'll run the show. The main issue will be keeping a lid on disorder. My impression is that about 5% of the population is benefiting, the rest seem to be poor as hell. Thats a time bomb for sure.
Also China are only doing what Japan did, copy, copy, copy then innovate.