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Is the People's Republic of China a Geniune Threat to the USA?  

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  1. 1. Do you think that China will unseat the USA as the planet's dominate power?

    • Yes, and it's not a bad thing
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    • Yes, and it is bad thing
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    • No
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    • Another country will challenge the USA's global hegemony
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Gaoanyu, the majority of Americans supported the war in Iraq, and that is not just poll numbers but election numbers from 2002 and 2004.

With the KR and Pol Pot situation, you are correct that the USSR had broken ties with Bejing at the time, but the US-Chinese relationship did not consist of Washington making policy for China, if anything the weak kneed Carter administration (I say that for the numerous reasons I mentioned in my last post) was in the habit of taking policy from Moscow, Bejing, Havana, and Vienna (OPEC), thus the numerous human disasters that plagued those 4 years.

As far as having Chinese leaders not do anything against the will of the people, one will never know will one. They won't even let the alternative viewpoint be heard on the radio, television or internet sites let alone run a platform on any referendum. If you quit having Coke and Pepsi and only have Pepsi, I wouldn't be surprised if Pepsi claims the "will of the people" on their side, what possible other side could you have.

Maybe I have watched "Red Corner" once too often, but I am saddened at how much great talent and potential was wasted by some old guards that perpetrated TS, the gulag and other actions that never got a vote by the people. Maybe things have gotten better, but until we actually hear from the people of China through the internet or other media I am left asking what is thier will?

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I understand that the majority Americans supported the Iraqi war, but the majority Iraqi people don't. In the end, it's their country.

State broadcast news earn very few geniune followers in China, most Chinese people switch channels when they see news prasing the CCP party. Althought not found in public media, people are free to criticise the gov at their leisure times with no problems. Said that, media is indeed controlled, but the Internet in China, I think, is much freer than you've expected. If you understand Chinese, you can easily find BBS sites and forums where people post posts against the gov policies and CCP, and most of them have no problems at all.

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Pertaining to the original question I don't see it happening, you would have to assume China will keep it's explosive growth rate while the United States will barely grow or stagnate, don't forget that the United States is growing faster as a nation.

China is a weird place, for one despite still calling itself communist it's almost practically a capitalist nation. Deng was pretty smart, he knew steps had to be taken or China would be where Russia was with the breadlines and shopping shortages. So by allowing capitalist ventures they were able to not only raise the standard of living but to also bring in the money to modernize the nation.

So they are now capitalist, maybe they'll get rid of the communist government too.

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I forgot to add that I'd like to see another nation take over as the #1 power, let us get a rest and get out of the limelight. It'll be funny seeing how many of those nations that used to complain about the United States now wish we were #1 again. If you think another nation upsurping us means all the "world policing" will end guess again. When you're on top you find you have interests practically all over the globe, not just in your quiet little neighborhood like Thailand or something like that. So you see to them knowing if it effects them it effects you too.

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If it is possible, China is the only nation on the planet capable of doing it. The problem is, you still have essentially a police-state with a poor record on human rights and a lack of certain, basic freedoms. Yes, things are changing and I hope they will change completely for the sake of the Chinese people. Whether we like it or not, China is here to stay as a major if not the major player for several decades to come. And then they will be pushed out by somebody else, perhaps India??

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A threat to the US becoming the new Roman Empire? Yes. A threat to the "freedoms" in the US? LOL. The US is nearly as communist as China with the biggest difference being China marching toward a free market and the US marching into and almost begging for more and more socialist government.

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If it is possible, China is the only nation on the planet capable of doing it. The problem is, you still have essentially a police-state with a poor record on human rights and a lack of certain, basic freedoms. Yes, things are changing and I hope they will change completely for the sake of the Chinese people. Whether we like it or not, China is here to stay as a major if not the major player for several decades to come. And then they will be pushed out by somebody else, perhaps India??
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No. China will not overtake the U.S. They might become more powerful, but China doesn't have the resources to keep their country thriving. They are simply catching up after many decades of stagnant development.

Also, their one-child policy means that their population will be falling by 2030 or so while our population continues to grow.

The U.S is 19% arable compared to only 10% of China. The country's ability to grow enough food to feed themselves is a huge challenge.

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Snowguy716, the one child policy does not encompass all of China. In the countryside it's pretty much nonexistent and many large cities, such as Shanghai, have changed policies regarding that over the years.

This comes from experience in living there and having friends from both urban and rural areas that had not just one sibling but several in some cases. Though, as is typical, the birthrates in the urban areas are much lower than that of the rural ones.

Side notes:

I find it really interesting how China decided to dam up the mother river and flooded a great percentage of their own arable land for flood control and energy production. Already there is the need to dredge shipping channels all the way up to Chongqing and the reservoir is not to full capacity until 2009. More sediment will pile up very quickly cus this river is as muddy as the Mississippi.

IMO: In regards to Tibet, I have to bring into question the destruction of 6,000 monasteries and the deaths of an estimated 1.2 million Tibetans when it is pointed out that the CCP did not

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Snowguy716, the one child policy does not encompass all of China. In the countryside it's pretty much nonexistent and many large cities, such as Shanghai, have changed policies regarding that over the years.

This comes from experience in living there and having friends from both urban and rural areas that had not just one sibling but several in some cases. Though, as is typical, the birthrates in the urban areas are much lower than that of the rural ones.

Side notes:

I find it really interesting how China decided to dam up the mother river and flooded a great percentage of their own arable land for flood control and energy production. Already there is the need to dredge shipping channels all the way up to Chongqing and the reservoir is not to full capacity until 2009. More sediment will pile up very quickly cus this river is as muddy as the Mississippi.

IMO: In regards to Tibet, I have to bring into question the destruction of 6,000 monasteries and the deaths of an estimated 1.2 million Tibetans when it is pointed out that the Beijing did not

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