China will not rule the world.

First, China does not have the ideal geographic location to directly exert force or influence.

Second, though rich in resources, China is not self-sufficient. China has a huge population, and this populatpn consumes a great part of China's resources. Though a large exporter of finished goods, China must import a large amount of raw materials.

Third, China does not have a "modern" military. China's military is huge, but not so well equipped, and it is not mobile. America can deploy soldiers to any corner of the world in hours, and America's naval forces deployed around the world can stop any and all international shipping, giving America the ability to strangle countries which are a threat.

Fourth, other countries (if they are smart) will never allow China to rule the world. America's dominance has of course been very profitable to America and America's friends. They will not give up their position willingly.

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not "war" in the literal sense, as neither of these places directly threatened America. These "wars" were mainly exercises in influence, and poorly executed US "policies". The last time America was directly threatened was on December 7th, 1941, and we all know how that turned out.

i do not understand some americans who say that anything between america and china must be military-related. there are many americans in beijing who are saying the opposite and saying that it has more to do with trade.

there is a weird joke i heard from my chinese professor a week ago.

"the only way for china to rule the whole world is to control of the capitol hill, so that the capitol hill orders the american army to work for china."

of course it is a joke.

I get the joke, too bad the American army allready works for the military industrial machine...

In addition the communist party must devote a great deal of effort to staying in power, which means allocating money and manpower to surveillance on the civilian population. A communist government in the next 5 to 10 years is not a given.

Chances are someone is going to get so pissed off at the US in the next 10-20 years and probably nuke us....thus allowing some country in Asia to rule the world...and I hope i've moved out of the country before that happens :/

Nuke smuke. Our antibalsistic system is so advanced thier misles wouldn't get half way to thier targets before they were destroyed. Yes, it's really that advanced. My brother is Air Force Intel and he assures me they have weapons you could only dream of, that we haven't felt a need to deploy.

It's why we get so upset at North Korea launching two stage rockets all the time. Sooner or later it will force us to reveal just how advanced our antimissle system really is. Right now it's just a "well they might have" but after that it would be "they deffinately have".

Japan will have SVTOL F-35s that can be deployed from helicopter carriers, giving it a de facto blue water navy with OTH steath first-strike capacity...even up to carrying nukes (which are not 100% banned under Article 9...read carefully.)

F-35's are way over budget and cost 100 million a piece

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because chine is not pakistan and no zardari in china.