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TED Wrote:Speaking at a TED Salon in London, economist Martin Jacques asks: How do we in the West make sense of China and its phenomenal rise? The author of "When China Rules the World," he examines why the West often puzzles over the growing power of the Chinese economy, and offers three building blocks for understanding what China is and will become.

Martin Jacques: Understanding the rise of China on TED Talks (21 min).

This phenomenon is quite amazing.

When I was in China in 2006 I was like "Oh wow, the world is yet to see what's happening here and what is about to happen!"

I thought that people were underestimating China...not sure who though.

Here's my take:

China has gone from 1 to 10 in the past say, 30 years.

American has gone from 10 to 15 or 20.

China is going through a lot what America did in the industrial revolution. But soon their people will fight back, asking for human rights and control. They will have to clean up their environment.

That said, China will become a world economic power. Politically, they will have a strong say, but they won't be a world puppeteer like America, from what I know of Chinese (considering my relatives one one side of my family are Chinese), aren't interested in that.

We'll see how it unravels but don't say China has become the next America yet.

Also I haven't finished the video and this post has little to do with that but I hjust wanted to put in my 2 cents

That guy sounds like he has a major hard on for China. By the sounds of it I guess we should drop studying Japanese and start studying Chinese instead.

slivir Wrote:That guy sounds like he has a major hard on for China. By the sounds of it I guess we should drop studying Japanese and start studying Chinese instead.

that's what I was thinking too

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China's GDP may well catch up to the US, but I doubt they'll ever match the might of America's military spending.

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zachandhobbes Wrote:That said, China will become a world economic power. Politically, they will have a strong say, but they won't be a world puppeteer like America, from what I know of Chinese (considering my relatives one one side of my family are Chinese), aren't interested in that.

Thank God. I'm sick and tired of America pulling the strings all over the world.

Had Mao not won control over China, they would have taken over the reigns of the world's economic leader decades prior. America has kind of made a clusterfukc of its time as Superpower, but to think China will be a kinder gentler player on the world stage is beyond naive.

Definitely agree with ^

bodhisamaya Wrote:Had Mao not won control over China, they would have taken over the reigns of the world's economic leader decades prior. America has kind of made a clusterfukc of its time as Superpower, but to think China will be a kinder gentler player on the world stage is beyond naive.

This is what I'm afraid of...

...and with all the negative news and events currently striking Japan, doesn't exactly add motivation for learning more of the language.