Survey Finds Europeans Expect China to Replace US as Top Global Power

[beaner72]

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WASHINGTON (AP) - A new poll finds that most Western Europeans believe that China has either supplanted or will supplant the U.S. as the world's leading power.

The findings are part of a 22-nation poll released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center.

The poll finds that despite Europe's doubts about the American projection of power, the U.S. retains a positive image in most of the countries surveyed. That continues a trend that began when Barack Obama became president in 2009.

The poll also found widespread sentiment that China's growing military power was a bad thing.

The poll was conducted March 18 to May 15 in the U.S. and 21 other countries. The margin of sampling error ranged from plus or minus 2.5 percentage points in China to 5 percentage points in Israel.


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[Denny]

I think you'd get similar results if that survey was taken in the US.

[Broncojohnny]

Everyone thought the same shit about Japan during the 1980s.

[sc281]

Everyone thought the same shit about Japan during the 1980s.

Bingo.



China's a paper tiger.

[BP]

Good, they can help out the French in Libya then. Get our guys out of there. That's a UN war, the United States has nothing to gain with a regime change there.

[GhostTX]

I'm curious to see what happens to China once it currency reflects its real value.

[Broncojohnny]

I'm curious to see what happens to China once it currency reflects its real value.

Funny you should bring that up, Japan did the same thing in the 1980s, manipulated its currency, bought a bunch of real estate here in the states with it and thought they were going to be top dog. After they went bust, all of the stuff they bought was for sale at bargain prices. Point being, it is real easy to proclaim yourself a player with a 10 year bull run in capitalism but what you do during a collapse is a lot more important to longevity. Wait until you see what the commies do.

[Denny]

China is already overspending and stretching their muni-bonds.

[GhostTX]

Funny you should bring that up, Japan did the same thing in the 1980s, manipulated its currency, bought a bunch of real estate here in the states with it and thought they were going to be top dog. After they went bust, all of the stuff they bought was for sale at bargain prices. Point being, it is real easy to proclaim yourself a player with a 10 year bull run in capitalism but what you do during a collapse is a lot more important to longevity. Wait until you see what the commies do.

What are you insinuating there? Invade Taiwan?

[Broncojohnny]

What are you insinuating there? Invade Taiwan?

lol, I actually have no idea what they will do. I can't even speculate. But look at the track record of communists during tough economic times.

[Cannonball996]

there is a big difference between china and japan of the 1980s... with japan in the 1980s it was huge japanese multinational companies competing with them selves and in a global market. even in the 1980s, few American companies were competitive on a global scale, and that was because the US had the largest consumer market, there was little need to enter foreign markets.

China is a bit different all the companies are owned by the government, so they do not have to compete with them selves. but the scary part about china, is that their companies do not need to make a profit, and have significantly less costs for materials and labor.

[BERNIE MOSFET]

China is a bit different all the companies are owned by the government, so they do not have to compete with them selves. but the scary part about china, is that their companies do not need to make a profit, and have significantly less costs for materials and labor.

Interesting.

Maybe you should read this: http://www.adbi.org/files/2005.01.rp...sector.prc.pdf

[Hobie]

Next 10 years is going to be really interesting.

[jakesford]

China has a lot of internal issues that they are going to have to struggle with in the coming years.

I think it will be interesting to see how the extreme dichotomy between the haves and have nots is going to play out.

[Hobie]

China has a lot of internal issues that they are going to have to struggle with in the coming years.

I think it will be interesting to see how the extreme dichotomy between the haves and have nots is going to play out.

Change China to America - the lulz!

I keed I keed. Poor children in China work all day in a sweat shop for nothing. Poor kids in America do nothing all day yet are fat as shit.

White people problems