How Long We Got?

As history portrays, there has been no global power that has survived for forever. In this sense, I believe that it is less than likely that the United States will be the supreme power of the world for the rest of time. Do not confuse this with the idea that the U.S. will collapse, because of the foundations of our country are strong, but there are countries that are becoming more powerful and having and greater influence on the world. One of these countries is China. Many researchers believe that China will soon join the U.S. as king of the hill in the world. This is the theory because of the success that China is having economically, and how important it is to the rejuvenation of the global economy.

There are scattered fears that China will topple the United States, but many do not believe this is so because the countries are not adversaries. These fears result from the fact that The People's Republic of China is communist regime, which strikes fear in the hearts of many who hear the word uttered. I think that the future relations between America and China will be very interesting because of the polar opinions that both countries have in many situations. The fact is that there are many reasons for why America does not have much control over the government of China. The only thing that America and the rest of the world can do is ask for the Chinese to do things differently. This makes things interesting because of situations like the conflict between China and Tibet and China's view of the conflict in Sudan. The differences of opinions for the U.S. and China in these situations put tension on the relationship between the countries.

I believe that the future will be an interesting place when China and the U.S. are considered equal in power. China is an example where the U.S. cannot pursue democracy in the same influential way that it does in third-world nations. The world just has to hope that China has the entire world's interests in mind, and that they will want to join the U.S. in lessening the amount of human suffering in the world.