Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26154170-20151009095320/@comment-26272248-20151010051135

However, China's GDP per person is very small compared to any properly developed nation, and China has other problems, it will need to start importing water by 2030, and China is, in the long run, absolutely doomed, and is likely to end up in a sharp decline as the effects of climate change and the destruction of the environment, as well as the methods China itself uses for economic growth begin to show their scars. China cannot be a driving force in the 21st century no matter what political analysts think. Although, yes, there are other nations which may take their place, such as India, Japan, or a united Korea, these nations would largely be, on a diplomatic scale, Western-aligned when it comes to international affairs.