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**DoctorBeny** · 08-25-2010, 07:08 AM

Yes China does have a lot of potential to grow and will do so in the next few decades. The technology is there, the cheap labor is there...it just needs to catch up. Actually China did have a chance to expand its influence in the 1400's but chose to isolate itself as a matter of policy. In the next few decades it will definitely exert its power on neighboring countries and might even attempt to project its power on a global scale. I don't think the U.S. is somehow falling behind other countries. The U.S. is a developed economy at the forefront of innovation. As a developed country it can only hope to grow 2-4% per year whereas developing countries like China grow faster because they're simply catching up...the gap is bound to narrow.

In the 1980's people thought Japan would continue to grow at incredible rates and this century would be theirs...but alas, conditions change and innovation is not as easy as it seems and without it, nobody can really break new ground in growth.

Not many people bothered to learn Japanese then so I don't think anyone will bother to learn Chinese on any sort of epic scale like they do english.

China will NEVER be innovators of style, art or culture...they just do not have the "cool" factor.

08-25-2010, 07:08 AM	#36
DoctorBeny Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 490 Senior Member	Yes China does have a lot of potential to grow and will do so in the next few decades. The technology is there, the cheap labor is there...it just needs to catch up. Actually China did have a chance to expand its influence in the 1400's but chose to isolate itself as a matter of policy. In the next few decades it will definitely exert its power on neighboring countries and might even attempt to project its power on a global scale. I don't think the U.S. is somehow falling behind other countries. The U.S. is a developed economy at the forefront of innovation. As a developed country it can only hope to grow 2-4% per year whereas developing countries like China grow faster because they're simply catching up...the gap is bound to narrow. In the 1980's people thought Japan would continue to grow at incredible rates and this century would be theirs...but alas, conditions change and innovation is not as easy as it seems and without it, nobody can really break new ground in growth. Not many people bothered to learn Japanese then so I don't think anyone will bother to learn Chinese on any sort of epic scale like they do english. China will NEVER be innovators of style, art or culture...they just do not have the "cool" factor.
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