Vote!
Will China rule the world?
- 40% are saying yes
- 60% are saying no
comments from readers
- Gerishnakov
24 June 2009 - yes
Maybe by the end of the century.
- terence patrick hewett
25 June 2009 - no
no
Once the Asian markets become mature and technology becomes sophisticated enough not to need cheap labour then there will be all to play for. These two occurrences are coming sooner than you think. - William
26 June 2009 - no
Though, as being a main player in the Asian Union will hold sway in the forthcoming World Government.
- Reprobate
27 June 2009 - no
Only the criminally insane want to rule the world.
- wanderer
27 June 2009 - no
Damn well hope not.
- rakesh
29 June 2009 - yes
they are creative,more dedicated,better work-ethic-al
- woppok
30 June 2009 - no
Confucius him say rule self...sufficient for any member of the human species
- Toejamatic
30 June 2009 - no
Maybe - empires inflate, until they pop!
- StudyCircle
01 July 2009 - no
World Government is the next stage in a world contracted into a village.
- descender51
02 July 2009 - no
Too many internal problems... water shortages, etc. Plus we have the navy that they are financing
03 July 2009- no
No - their excessively large population will inhibit their progress.
- GrumpyOldGit
04 July 2009 - yes
Yes. The world will be under a chinese capitalist dictatorship
- suell
04 July 2009 - no
Not sure any one country will 'rule the world' perhaps we thought the USA might do, but the rise of Islamic nations, the development of China and the resurgent of Russia have already challenged this notion/
- mekko
04 July 2009 - no
no
Weak language skills elsewhere in the world will limit cross pollination. Thwarted enlightenment and self-determination internally also an inhibitor. - Dr. Frans B. Roos, PHD
05 July 2009 - no
No.
China had the chance five hundred years ago but all it did was discover the world for self knowledge and then went home. Whle on this world discovery it left many interesting items with no strings attached in the countries they visited, even today (begin 21st century) China does things in other countries with very few strings attached. Imagin if China today (begin 21st century) was like the US, the people of the world would be in a severe predicament. - mhenriday
10 July 2009 - no
Hardly. Chinese ambition does not stretch so long - what the Chinese government seems to want is to modernise the country, keep it together, have a considerable say in world affairs, and not least, remain in power. The grandiosity and lack of self-knowledge characteristic of the proponents of the «City on the Hill» and the «New American Century» seems to be lacking ; the present Chinese leadership will be satisfied, it would seem, with a multi-polar world. A world in which one sole power does not attempt to control everything and everyone would be a relief - if, indeed, the United States can be let down gently so that it doesn't blow us all up int he process of dismantling its failing empire....
Henri
- RJD
11 July 2009 - no
The days of anyone ruling the world are over. It's a false paradigm.
- bkkpip
12 July 2009 - no
A probably necessary counterweight, but no more I think.
