Coffee the New Hot Crop for Farmers in China's Yunnan Province - China Real Time Report. A 546-Million-Ton Elephant in China’s Grain Silo - China Real Time Report. Report: China May Be Shifting on Land Use - China Real Time Report. Interactive: China Widens its Reach - Forbes.com. THE BEIJING AXIS. China – The Mother of All Black Swans. Myth of China as a superpower | THE CHINESE DREAM. Many people in the West believe that China is already a superpower, or will quickly replace the United States to become a superpower. A recent poll by the Pew Research Center reveals that 44 percent of Americans believe that China is the top global economic power, while in reality, China’s economy is barely one-third the size of the U.
S. economy. This kind of misconception has engendered many unrealistic fears about China. The truth is that China is not a superpower, and I doubt it will ever become one. Fareed Zakaria, CNN host and Washington Post columnist, defined in his bestselling book The Post-American World that a superpower is a country that achieves dominance in ideas or ideology, an economic system, and military power. In terms of ideas or ideology, the Chinese are probably more confused than anyone else in the world. During the Cultural Revolution, many Chinese traditions, including Confucianism, were destroyed. Economically, China’s achievements are indeed impressive.