If the US ever fights China directly, both countries will be destroyed in a highly unpredictable and destructive worldwide war.
Therefore anything that practically anyone else on this forum says is pure fanciful speculation.
It's no coincidence that every country that lost the opportunity to host the world cup would be upset. Notice that both cameron and obama complained about russia and qatar because england and the US were running against them!
Either way, Congrats to Russia and Qatar!
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Only when N. Korea realizes that it must start to copy the Chinese economic model will things begin to get better for it. Otherwise it will collapse or go to war.
I think this India vs. China argument shouldn't have to boil down to communism vs. democracy (which itself is an offshoot of democracy vs. authoritarianism and capitalism vs. communism argument). Both countries are unique in their situations and neither can be considered a great harbinger of...
Perhaps the reason why India has lagged behind China is not a matter between democracy and communism but that India is more fractured of a country than China?