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What exactly is the definition of a 'Superpower'?
Will China be able to project its political, economic & military power in any part of the world like the US can do today and USSR was able to do in large portions of the world?
Who is qualified?
Going to cut in here, if you don't mind...
Being able to project military might anywhere in the world doesn't really equate to being a superpower. In today's world, a superpower can be created simply through economic might, and that is where China's strength lies. With it's aggressive economic expansionism in Africa and Asia, it's quickly trying to exert it's influence on nations across the world.
On the military side, it is slowly, but surely developing the ability to exert it's military might across the world. It's the reason why it is heavily investing in it's navy and naval arms to acquire aircraft carriers and it's air force to have the ability to transport troops and supplies at long range.
It's obviously going to take a while before this can be achieved, but this is China's aim, and they're looking increasingly likely to achieve superpower status in our lifetime.
On the other hand, so was Japan, and we know what happened there.
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