Unforgiven wrote on Sep 23
rd, 2016 at 1:41am:
Raven wrote on Sep 23
rd, 2016 at 12:24am:
Look at it this way, in 30 years white people and black people will learn to live in harmony in Chinese concentration camps
The rate of development of China is phenomenal.
China is about to put its second space station into orbit whereas the only other space station currently in orbit is the multi-nation USA-Russia-Europe venture. China has also sent unmanned probes to the moon.
It is speculated that China has leadership in the laser and fiber optic field and recently they hold the supercomputer speed record with Chinese designed and manufactured equipment.
No doubt China wants to be number one, the pre-eminent nation on Earth. But to do that they have to take it from the US. They are already matching American achievements in industry and science but to truely replace the US they have to do something very difficult. Replace America as the cultural ruler of the planet.
America dominates global culture. After WWII they won a more important war, a war of cultural superiority. A war fought with movies, music and Coca Cola.
American culture became Earth's culture. American movies and TV shows set in America became known worldwide. New York, Vegas, Route 66, Bugs Bunny and Nike. We all know them.
Apart from Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong how many people can name another Chinese city? Can anybody name a Chinese sport shoe brand?
That's the biggest problem in China. Nothing is truely their own. They make other countries stuff. Every Apple product declares "Designed by Apple in California, assembled in China."
Without the soft diplomacy of culture, China will never truely rule the world.