By Fareed Zakaria, CNN
Watching the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Hawaii last week, I had a feeling we were entering a new phase of Asian geopolitics. For decades now, those summits have been occasions for Asian countries to worry about U.S. commitment to Asia. How strong is it? Who does Washington back? Will we stay engaged?
The Obama Administration has made clear that America is in Asia for good and that it might actually increase its presence in the region. But the real concerns are no longer about Washington but rather about Beijing.
Countries in Asia and around the world are worrying about China.
In 2010, as China asserted its sovereignty over disputed waters and islands in the South China Sea, it rattled neighbors from Japan to South Korea to Vietnam. As these countries watch China's military modernization, they worry more.
It's not just in Asia, of course. Take a look at Africa, where China's investments and activities are now becoming part of those countries' domestic politics. The recent elections in Zambia, for example, were won by a candidate who promised to take on the Chinese. By some accounts, the Chinese have virtual control over that country's economy. This is because Zambia is a huge copper exporter and Chinese state-owned companies are deeply involved in that business. And it is a sign of China's power that that candidate, who is now president, has had to make nice with the Chinese and threw a lunch for Chinese investors last week. This might explain it: Copper exports produce two-thirds of the government’s revenues.
The United States is also witnessing new levels of anxiety about Chinese business practices. The Republican frontrunner, Mitt Romney, made a stunningly tough statement about China recently:
"China is on almost every dimension cheating. We got to recognize that. They're manipulating their currency and by doing so they're holding down the price of Chinese goods and making sure their products are artificially low-priced. It's predatory pricing. It's killing jobs in America."
This is remarkable because it breaks with 40 years of Republican foreign policy. Since Nixon and Kissinger opened China to the world, the Republican strategy has been to engage China and not condemn it. That Mitt Romney is changing tells us that the popular mood towards China in the United States is now very hostile.
People keep saying that America needs a new China strategy. But I think if you see how many countries are wondering about Beijing, the truth is that China needs a new China strategy.
Beijing needs to recognize that it has become a world power, that its every move is now deeply analyzed, and that it is expected to play by the rules - indeed, it is expected to help maintain the rules.
Will it? That's one of the big questions of this new century.
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i am so dissaponted at you fareed when ahud barak came on your show and started telling the world how iran could use its nuclear power to invade and intimidate other country, i expect you to teach him a lesson of history and enlighting him on which country as invaded another nation and who start the nuclear arm race in the rigime but for you to not point those and other unfounded comment this guy make was very disheartening, i watch your show with every dedication believeing am gonna listen to a honest and dedicated convarsation but now you also has join the spin news room.
that iran is pursuing nuclear weapon is worldwide threat no one wants a nuclear arms race in a volatile region.israel as the right to be worriedas the irasnian president promised that he would use the bomb on them. and all your points are bogus.
Yeah Victor, because CNN is by America, only FOR America, and only Americans read CNN after all, amirite?
^^^ Whoops, sorry, replied on the wrong comment.
Israel needs to be worried ONLY because of its own aggressive and hostile nature. If it were a peaceful country it would have had nothing to worry about. Also, let me just remind you of a simple fact: There are only two countries in this world who have used and/or armed to use Nuclear weapons, guess who they are: Yes, good ole America and Israel (in 1973).
So who do you think the world should worry about the most ?
Let's be reasonable and forget sentiments. A nuclear Israel that has been terrorizing Palestine with assorted bombs is not seen as threat in the region, America killing innocent civilians in Somalia, Afghanistan,Pakistan, Iraq, . . . is not seen as threat as well. Cultivate habit of supporting the truth. ......
Fareed is Pro-India backed by Delhi and Washington!
釣島問題專家、香港中文大學亞太研究所研究員鄭海麟從釣魚台的歷史地位切入，直指釣島隸屬中國毫無疑義。他指出，中日兩國大量歷史文獻表明，最早發現、命名和使用釣魚台列嶼的是中國人，而不是琉球人或日本人。釣魚島列嶼並不屬於「舊琉球王朝的勢力所及範圍」，該列嶼在明朝便被納入中國海防及行政管制區域。一九五一年的《舊金山（三藩市）合約》根本沒有涉及釣魚島列嶼的主權問題。一九五二年美國託管當局將釣魚島列嶼劃入琉球列島地理境界的經緯度內，是極不適當和不合國際法的。因此，日本聲稱擁有該列嶼主權在國際法上不能成立。
中國大陸學者近年來對釣島議題的研究下了很大工夫。清華大學當代國際關係研究院副院長劉江永教授指出，事實證明日本早在甲午戰爭前十年已知釣魚台列嶼屬於中國。日外務省當年編撰的《日本外交文書》第十八卷和第二十三卷中，對明治政府竊取釣魚島的決策過程有非常詳實的記載。換言之，釣魚台是日本乘甲午戰爭之機，未等簽署馬關條約而從中國竊取的。如今，日方稱其與馬關條約，即甲午戰爭無關，根本站不住腳。
二戰後釣島問題懸而未決與美國介入密不可分。劉江永指出，一九七一年美國擅自決定將釣島的行政管轄權交給日本政府，遭到全球華人的強烈反對，掀起保釣浪潮，迫使美國迄今迄未承認日本擁有釣島的主權，而希望中日雙方和平協商解決。然而，二零一零年以來美國政府多次明確表示，釣島適用於美日安保條約第五條，「這是造成日本政府在釣島問題上有恃無恐採取強硬做法的重要外部因素」。
事實上，東京法院曾經判定釣魚台屬於台北州。台灣光復前一年，台灣與琉球為釣魚台發生歸屬權之爭，當時該法院將釣魚台判決為台北州所有，更加證明釣魚台主權屬台灣。
此外，中國大陸學者、上海社會科學研究院法學研究所副研究員、海洋法研究中心主任金永明，上海國際問題研究院學術委員會副主任、上海市日本學會會長吳寄南等，也發表論文，探索釣島的國際地位，力證釣島主權屬中華民族。
台灣師範大學東亞系助理教授林賢參則從戰略意涵分析釣魚台問題的本質。他說，中國大陸追求成為「海洋強國」，企圖掌控西太平洋海域之制海權，會壓縮日本防衛之戰略縱深；政治大學亞太研究所副研究員李瓊莉，也提出國際經驗的比較。
政大外交系教授趙國材說，釣魚台列嶼問題迄今無解，指出釣島問題不論從歷史地位或法律地位探討皆無意義，因為國際政治乃強權政治，關於釣島主權誰屬是老大哥美國說了算。
趙國材又表示，台灣願意依聯合國憲章及國際法和平解決國際爭端的規範，從主權、戰略位置、海洋權益與維護資源等面向，以確保釣魚台列嶼領土主權完整，與日本談判，並保護台灣漁民權益。唯日方無意願與台灣談判主權問題，只願和台灣談判漁權，想透過台灣獲得漁權用來騙取釣魚台列嶼的主權。但保釣出身的總統馬英九並未上當，既要漁權也要主權。
台灣有人主張拉攏美國介入東海爭端，使日本、中國大陸、台灣、美國形成四方機制，能更有效解決釣魚台列嶼主權問題，並提升台灣之國際地位。趙國材認為，這種做法可能會引狼入室，不見得對台灣有利，因為美日在外交上皆承認北京，與台灣沒有邦交，且釣魚台列嶼附近之海域處於防衛美國本土的第一島鏈上，可能牽動東北亞安全情勢和美日的戰略布局，美國在釣魚台問題上一向表態中立，骨子裏其實偏袒日本。
台灣政治大學國際法學研究中心研究員邵漢儀首次全部全文公開日方釣島的新史料，掀起高潮。邵的父親邵玉銘當年留美時亦曾參與保釣運動，如今父子兩代同台參與釣島會議，傳為佳話。
日本外務省於一九七一年提出的《我國關於尖閣諸島領有權的基本見解》聲稱﹕「自一八八五年以來，日本政府通過沖繩縣當局等途徑再三在尖閣諸島進行實地調查，慎重確認尖閣諸島不僅為無人島，而且沒有受清朝統治的痕跡。在此基礎上，於一八九五年一月二十一日，在內閣會議上決定在島上建立標樁，以正式列入我國領土之內。」
為了調查日方說法的真相，邵漢儀曾親往日本查閱相關原件，包括仍未公開的明治時期史料。他從日本外務省外交史料館、防衛省防衛研究所圖書館，以及國立公文書館尋得近四十件原件，首次全部公開。他歷時兩年餘發現明治政府從未派員至釣島進行實地調查，所謂「再三」調查純屬捏造。
韓國外國語大學教授黃載皓認為，今年三月中國發表國防白皮書，確立戰略目標是國家現代化、力主防禦性國防、與他國建立軍事互信，他懷疑中日會爆發大戰，也不認為日本會放棄二戰後的現代化貿然掀起戰端。不過，另一位韓國學者國家安保戰略研究院研究員朴炳光指出，韓日兩國近年提出擴大交流合作關係的「新時代」理念，但對於韓國，獨島（日本稱為竹島）攸關經濟及軍事戰略國家利益，不可能讓步。
你是一個縫隙
no offense but if you wanna post here, you'd better translate into English first or your post won't make a difference...
Looks like the instruction sheet to my hi-def TV.
If China took issue with any land deals or reassignment of boarders three quarters of a century ago, they probably should have said something about it AT THAT TIME. Get over it. You've got what you've got and you ain't gettin' no more!!!
Besides, you are incorrectly applying current international laws to decades old, often centuries old, history. You are incorrectly applying current international laws to decades old, often centuries old, history. Let's just let every country decide on which decade they would like their boundaries to be based?
Yeah Victor, because CNN is only for English-speakers, right?
Cool story, bro
I'll have the #64 with eggroll, please ....
@vokoyo, it will be helpful to promote mutual understanding between the U.S. and China, if we know what you're thinking about. China was in the 1960's a bogeyman in Hollywood films. Now this image has come to life.
Just another illegal.
向谁你说！
....Come again?
Looks like my toilet when I got the squirts.
欢迎来到市炒锅。你想一些城市的鸡？
And yo mamma eats it.
How can the world understand China or expect China to do more when 99% of us are Chinese illiterate?
Good job vokoyo!
他們只需要使用一個翻譯。一些美國人認為，他們的語言是世界上唯一的語言。 感謝您的歷史課。
@ Vokoyo ....is this a joke?
Just you google to translate your Chinese.
Cool. Is that your tattoo?
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Go to Office 2010, they can translate any language into English.
Hey ! You're in the wrong place Paper tiger !!!
If your intent was to communicate your point of view to CNN's, largely English speaking/reading audience (despite some comments that CNN is somehow multilingual because they are multinational), you have failed. Most of us read this version of the news because we read English. Google translations not withstanding, to COMMUNICATE you MUST write in a language your intended audience can read.
咬我
Fu ck China..............
Liar!!!
That you bring up the issue of the Diaoyutai's as a response to Zakaria's comments show you as misunderstanding the responsibility China now carries to the world. China does need to take a leadership role as the emerging power they have become, and it is their responsibility to tell the world what goals they have to make the world a better place. So far all they have done is to 1)model Singapore and try to make their country a business – lets all get better economically and call anything which could change society a danger to growth AND 2)stick to their decades old international position of never calling anyone wrong because they can't make up their own minds. Examples include North Korea, territorial disputes, the Arab Spring, and the Euro crisis. And they pay attention to the silliest and smallest complaints from the US: Tibet. Some people who don't even understand the issues and rail on about religious freedoms. The Chinese should ignore those comments, show they aren't afraid to lead and take a stand about what is right and what is wrong.
日本是不完美的 不过 他们都优于中国
Can you just write something in your words? Copying something here and there, and pasteing together does not make an interesting argument. Yes I read Chinese, contemporary and classical (2,000 year-old writing too)
To all those who are against Chinese writing, please have a heart because those Chinese may not be able to write what they want to say in their own country. I know this is an English publication. I lived there before. I know how fearful they are when they hold a political viewpoint different from their government. I myself read Chinese well.
What America is awesome Thank you
Well the reality is that the most spoken language on the planet earth is in fact Mandarin Chinese. Maybe its the western newscasts and blogs that will – in the very near future – be serving up the majority of their content in Chinese. And unfortunately, Fareed's assessment of the most hated, untrustworthy nation in the world is off again. Guess what... we have met the enemy and the enemy is us! Check international polls, it ain't China lol. Guess that's what happens when you unilaterally choose to invade country after country in the name of "righteous democracy". The American empire is truly crumbling, the rest of the world can sense it, like blood in the water. I wonder if this is how the Romans felt in 500AD.
1. To let China becomes super power, vote for Obama in 2012. The irresponsible US president has asked billions loans from China.
2. For Iran: The fact is that the US does not have the guts to attack IRAN from left to right because its location, cost. Secondly, what is the benefit to attack this pơr country, except killing terrists. Third reason: IRAN does not have oil. So be quiet and move on. Let them killing by themself and bark once in a while folks.
That's right Nodan. Vote for me or one of my fellow republican's. But you better be in the top 1% because that's the percentage of American's that will benefit from my policies.
Don't critique the Iranian agent Fareed's thoughts, they won't be published
there is nothing you can do to prevent them from becoming a super power. unless your warmonger has gotten ahead of you and you though US is going to invade China. that would iinflame the global war machines, and everyone in world would be engulfed in wars.
I am a republican and I don't even understand what you are saying. 'Asked for billions' what???
Um Iran does have oil lots of it.
In the past 10 years while we focused so much on the war in Iraq and Afghan, we didn't pay any/enough attention to China at all. ( Mostly the fault of Bush and traditional Republican China strategy. )
China took this opportunity to grow itself into regional superpower by either using force or money. Now, we turned our head back to look at our friends in other Asian countries again, China thinks we are interfering their aggression in South China Sea. Honestly, those islands are so far away from the mainland of China, there is no way they should claim it's theirs. Just my two cents. The only way China can compete their influence against the US is to have more FRIENDS. Chinese is not very good at making non-Chinese friends. Chinese will need to learn that.
How far is your far ?? to claim a island ??
Chineses have been living in those island long time ago; well why it is not south china sea at the first place ?
British claimed Farkland island which is 8000 miles away from Britain but extremely close to Argentina ?
But not reported in english new paper.
How can the european claim the whole American And Austrarial thousand miles away from Europe. they shall give back to the local native ..
Whazzaaap?
Idiot much. Ehud wants war, best he fights it. Just like Sarkozi said, that guy is impossible to bear.
How typical...the pundit didn't spin things the way you personally wanted him to, now he's a bad, bad man. "Whaa, Farred, agree with mee!"
Idiot.
...Can't understand a word...
You said that China was expected to play by the rules? But what kind of rules? Are the rules that set by US to maintain its world dominance now? Or are those rules that US previously applied to the Caribbean Sea in the past ?
The US and China will eventually be engaged in warfare over Taiwan and US occupation of China is inevitable. There is no escape from the history – http://battleofhouston.blogspot.com.
lol That was a funny little piece of science fiction there. That entire blog article read like a bad B-rated made for television script. So completely off base it was almost infantile.
Look, the U.S. can't even ocupy Afghanistan. You really need to wake up.
but China does not want to be a super power.
China's 9-dash claims over the South China sea is ridiculous. Even if the contested Spratly islands has its own Exclusive Economic Zone, it can't occupy all the area in that part of the sea. Taiwan is being pathetic also in copying China's claim to the whole area.
China is a greedy thug....
no one is not greedy, little baby.
Don't be so silly and closed-minded. America has never been the strongest country in the world, it's one of the military powerful countries in the world at most. One day, you might knee down begging for your bread from China...
Right, don't fooled by the media. Those politicians just want to transfer your anger against Wall Street to some other country.
Funny when you mention "greedy thug" the first county I think of is "America" . I think your views are one sided as Americans, come across the ocean to Europe, to Africa, to Asia, and when you as them who is the "greedy thug" all of them will have my answer. Don't you see - america SET the way of being a greedy thug, just because your movies tell you are the heros of the world - the world sees you a greedy destroyers
and will continue to be that way as long as we let 'em.
ResidentEurope I am pretty sure Americans learned it from Europeans. Might need to read up a little more.
I agree... Wall Street just wants you to transfer your anger to another country. Every day is some new war mongering article against all the favorite "enemies." Our biggest enemies are on Wall Street and in corporate boardrooms. Their running dogs in Congress are pathetic weenie dogs doing their masters' bidding. Let the world run itself for a bit and clean house in the United States. Also note that China has its own citizen rebellion working.
Jeff, no CHINESE is not greedy!!!
Do not be fooled by the media.
1. China was a superpower for thousand years, and probably will never be a superpower again unlees it has the intention.
2. It is not surprise that "the popular mood towards China in the United States is now very hostile.", thanks to the biased media.
3. "China is on almost every dimension cheating"? at least China didn't fool the rest of world about WMD in Iraq
China has always been the largest economy in the world for probably 3 thousands years due to its size and population. The definition of super power is subjective to whom you ask. If you only consider those two factors, then China is the super power all along. No need to argue anymore. If it's measured by combined strength ( resource + world influence + military + useful land + quality of people + technology + etc..), China will still need to catch up. In the course of history, Chinese has done themselves many self destruction ( internal un-stability ). No need to look too far back but 200 years of Chinese history is enough. If there is no internal un-stability for the next 50 years in China, China will overtake US to become superpower. 50 years is a long time.
Agreed on many counts, with these caviats:
1. China has had 5000 years of opportunities to be THE superpower, but has repeatedly tried and failed. I don't know if you've ever visited China, but I don't see these folks changing anytime soon.
2. It's really hard to call the US media "biased" when there is such a variety of opinions. China Daily News and Xinhua and the like are state-run. Alternative opinions are not allowed, and are promptly buried. Popular opinion, however, is quite often contrary to what the media presents, and you can see this on websites like Renren, Weibo, etc. There may be some opinions in US media that we don't agree with, but that is their right.
3. No, China just tried to fool the rest of the world about killing 2 million virtually defenseless Tibetans in a population of 6 million. The Chinese government have convinced their youth that nothing actually happened, that there was a small uprising which had to be peacefully quashed. Xinjiang, Vietnam, and a host of neighboring nations have similar stories to tell. Yes, the Bush administration lied about UMDs in Iraq, but this is not an isolated incident of pre-emptive aggression.
killing 2 million virtually defenseless Tibetans? That is biased, lol
China is charlie sheen "winning" on the economic front, and is using the winnings to upgrade their military in a very committed way. also, China will never use their military unless they have the advantage.
To be a lasting superpower, one got to be smarter than grabbing what you can on this earth on the expenses of others. There is a big difference between 'respected superpower' and 'being powerful'.
What this world sorely needs is a couterweight to the obnoxious ambitions of the right-wing thugs in Washington who want to become dominant everywhere these days. These guys never quit as the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan plainly show!!! In fact, that's the reason we don't and won't have a balanced budget any time soon while our national economy suffers and our people keep getting pushed out of the middle-class.
so the wars in iraq and afgahnistan are good for the US economy? seems to me that you busted yourself on this issue. why bother commenting?
Thank you. Just talk to many of the disabled veterans. Thousands are homeless and becoming a threat to the society. Why do we keep making wars?
He didn't bust himself, you did – by showing that you didn't understand that he was speaking against the wars and their adverse effects on our economy.
Who said that these obnoxious wars were good for the economy? It wasn't Onesmallvoice or can't you read English very well? In fact, just waht language can you read in, if any at all???
Judging by your response to Onesmallvoice above, LeviathanUS, it appears that you never got past the 2nd grade in school. Before you show your stupidity here, I strongly suggest that you learn how to read English at at least a 5th grade level. You ought to be ashamed of yourself!
He probably is a Leviathan in the great fat state of MIssissippi.
exactly, there is absolutely no precedent for a war spurring economic growth in any sector, especially not defense which certainly not among the largest sectors of manufacturing left in this country.
Is that you gung hoe ?
obama worships the chinese dictator. obama wants to be a dictator. He is a disgrace.
That is nonsense, snarks.
What an unbelievably dumb statement. Snarks must be a republican.
Heck, I'm a republican ... well, a moderate conservative ... and I think it's an unbelievably dumb statement too.
I am a moderate republican and I disagree with that statement. The President has failed on the the economic front, has done pretty well in the international arena, and will probably not get re-elected. Just because he is incompetent in many ways does not mean he is a dictator. He is a decent guy, and less narcisstic than he was 3 years ago.....the office tends to have its effects on people. He is just better suited to the academic life.
I agree with the fact that economically the country is going to hell and it ain't coming back soon and that the President has done very well on foreign affairs. But given the current lack of enthusiasm for the Republican nominee Mitt Romney (just admit it), it seems hard for the Republicans to win the race. Also I do think that the President is much too professor like, he wants everything to be nice and talked out, too bad American politics isn't what it use to be. Maybe 30 years ago, he could have been a great President.
@ Snarks aka Shark....you're a dumba$$ red neck.
Awesome Logic lol.
Sugar plum, I saw one of the Republican emails where they are scaring tea baggers about Obama becoming a dictator. Pay close attention and note that all those Presidential Orders about taking over in an emergency mostly came from Republican Presidents. Bush wanted his Pearl Harbor... so he could do just that. Obama is not planning to become the Dictator in Chief. The Koch Brothers et al are feeding typical lies and scare tactics, same as always. Yes, we are in trouble, but our biggest trouble is not Obama but that our entire government, including the Supreme Court has taken food from the hand of corporate executives and are helping them r@pe this country. Time to put a halt to that. Occupy!
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For anyone like you who can't read English very well, you seem to have a lot to say!!!
What's their incentive to play by the rules? Things have gone pretty well for them lately.
And surely the nationalistic Chinese haven't forgotten the Opium Wars. Methinks the brits will be getting more and more nervous as China's military grows.
WE ALL HAVE NUCLEAR BOMB NOBODY WANT TO LIVE A LIFE LIKE A RADIATION OF BREATHING DIRTY AIR FORM ,AMEN
CHINA SAID THEY DON"T START WAR FIRST , AMEN .
HELL AND HEAVENLY PLACE ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY EYES AND FACES THAT ALL , AMEN
Fareed Zakaria ... how obnoxious you are.
China is a superpower, the superpower.
What don't you get?
Don't bother. This Far Zak is paid by dirty politicians to write all these stupid articles. Of course, he will keep writing.
Just stop reading CNN. I never trust what they report, anyway.
Nonsense. China has a long way to go before they are a super power. They are decades away from being able to provide even the most basic services to a simple majority of its people. They are a rising economic power to be sure. But money alone does not a super power make. We are not afraid of China. China is afraid of us. AMEN.
And yet we're traveling backwards so fast, in a few decades we'll be unable to provide even the most basic services to a simple majority of our people.
But hey, at least the rich will have low taxes. Yay for the top 1%, who cares about the 99%?
i don't think "afraid" was an appropriate word here...
Stop your insecurity.
EVERYBODY HAVE NUCLEAR BOMB WHO DON"T WANT TOBE STAYING ALIVE NOBODY , AMEN.
LIFE FORM ARE THE PROCESS OF EATTING AND THAN GIVEN OUT THE HUMAN WASTE AND THE URINE THAT ALL , AMEN.
You give up to easily.
It is ridiculous. Who made the rules for the world? The United States wants China to follow the rules they created? Why nobody mentions what the US government did to other countries? How about the rules they want to follow?
Yeah, the US has done so much harm with all that spreading of democratic ideals, freedom, self-determination and liberation. Standing firm against evading hordes in Europe and North Africa and Asia. Assisting in every single major disaster. Yeah, horrible stuff. While there have been some mistakes along the way, the United States of America on the whole has had a positive and progressive impact around the globe. Name any other nation in the modern era that has done anywhere near as much good for the world. The haters are just feeling something of a runt complex.
ask the average iraqi whether their lives has improved...
Goondo – They'd say yes, their lives have improved. The majority of Iraqis approve of America's removal of Saddam and the rebuilding efforts, they just want us out now.
Yes they love the US so much, they're killing troops over there by the handfuls. Good job america
Hate to mention this... but the United States has not helped even one country to create a democratic government since WWII. Even those countries in South American that were trying on free elections... we were on the side of oligarchy. Hate to burst your bubble, but the U.S. is an imperalistic bully. It is bankrupting us, as imperialism does all countries that go that route. Just sayin. Time to bring our troops home and not let the military-industrial complex "scare" us into yet another blood sacrifice to the gods of war... not to mention $1 trillion annual spending program. They will do their best to get us into a war with somebody... anybody. Watch the news and you will see.
Agreed, period .
HUMAN FORM ARE THE PROCESS OF REPEATING ITSELF BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN ALL BECAUSE OF THE KARMA NGHIEP , AMEN.
this is a fact, if the Chinese are involved then they will be cheating, it is part of their basic culture, they look at us as a bunch of knuckleheads and laugh
True.
No true – give us more time... we still do not know how to handle/manage sudden wealth... judge us by looking at the last 3000 years not the last 100 years. I'm sure Chinese contribute a lot to the world for the last 3000 years...
What China has contributed a lot to the world in the past 3000 years? Like what? Ended the world war? What's the benefit to the mankind? Please give us some fact, not just your random opinion.
Well, they took our jobs, polluted their country, loaned us money for our luxury. May be we are even? Without China, things could be worse here.
As bad as the WMD story in Iraq?
this guy's so anti china and he doesnt even hide it. telling someone else to change because you dont want to lololol. china's foreign policy has been doing well for them, its avoided military conflict for a long time, especially in flash points like NK and taiwan. he just wants to see china match US hostility with more hostility or follow US/NATO on every issue. get a grip
AND you cant get anymore biased than having an Indian write about China.
That's a good point. Actually it's not China alone. The entire EuroAsia population has passed the WWII and cold war era. Most people wanted peace and development (get richer). Nobody, from Chinese to Indian people to Germans, wanted to start another war. And that's the fundermental problem of US simply because US have too few people comparing to the old world and the market share of US will keep shrink in the future. So if US can not pursuade another major power in the EuroAsia to be aggressive, US is basically doomed. That's the reason that US is trying to use small countries around China, Russia, and even EU and India, trying to create another major conflict. And the tricky thing is: that major conflict has to exclude US, at least in the begining.
The problem is: even small countries don't want to do that nowadays. The only small countries that's doing that now are Iraq and Afganstan, which happened to be against US itself. Now that's called ironic.
Actually I have to say that China, EU, Russai, and India are all countries that is capable to select smart, qualified people to lead their countries. If you look at these countries, all those leading elite people are all super smart. These little tricks won't work to these countries. These countries knows that US wanted to stir the water but also want to hide behind. So a lot of times, when they see trouble, they stepped out and challenge US core interest directly, since US doesn't dare to face them directly, endup US lose instead of gain with these types of strategy. This happened several times: see what US's loss in middle asia (George) and Taiwan. Remember 10 years ago, those are all hot spot that US can use to negotiate with Russia and China. See where are these cards? they are gone. And that's the reason why Russia is now eye at Iran and China is now eye at south sea. They are moving forward.
We need to stoop looking to China as a problem. A possible solution to our financial mess would be, push interest rates up to 18% and sell the idea of saving not spending.
ONLY IF HUMAN BEING ARE STOP CONSUMING ALL OUT ALL KINDS OF ANIMAL MEAT THAN THIS WORLD WON"T HAVE WAR , IF NOT THAN WAR WILL ALWAYS BE WITHIN OUT ANIMAL MEAT THAT EVENTUALLY WILL BE AFFECT BY THE ANIMAL WAY OF LIFE ON THE THINKING AND ACTING STAND POINT , AMEN .
Your blaming china and copper sales on people eatingmeat? You know i eat meat because im a vegtable rights activist. I care about the enviroment, vegetarians kill hundreds of plants every day. I say hershire you say farms.
ONLY IF HUMAN BEING ARE STOP CONSUMING TOO MUCH OF ANIMAL MEAT THAN THIS WORLD WILL BE LIVING A MORE HARMONY THAN EVER , AMEN .
WHAT IS COMPASSION WHAT IS HELL WHAT IS HATE WHAT IS EVIL ARE ALL COMING FROM ONESELF THINKING AND THOUGHT AND MIND OF THAT ALL , AMEN .
WE ALL STARTING TO TURNING OUR BACK AWAY FROM JESUS OR MARIA OR THE HAPPY BUDDHA THAN WE ALL WILL SOON BE SEEING THE NUCLEAR BOMB REAPPEAR JUST RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR DEVIL AND EVIL EYES THAT ALL , AMEN .
How interesting to hear him say that China is a now a superpower, and it needs to be responsible for its own actions and play by the rules. It sounds like he is talking about the US. When was the last time we played by the rules. The Big Corps and Wall Street crashed the financial foundation of our and country and caused pain and headache for average Americans and people from around the globe who invested in the US. In addition, Big Corps exported jobs overseas, which is something that is fundamental to any country's economy and security. We invaded Iraq without ground... So before we start to BS about what other countries should or shouldn't do, look ourselves in the mirror...
It's simple. Much of the US policies are dictated by big interest groups.
1. Outsourcing is good for businesses and shareholders who want lots of profit.
2. Wars are started by the defense contractors who want more profit.
3. Far Zak bunch of low brains are paid by politicians to divert home issues.
Freak are you an idiot? China is a world power... They F#*@ing own us... This article is crap...
I totally agree and I find it very disappointing.
Not totally own us. Just 8%.
WHY DON"T OUR HUMAN BEING FORM TRYING TO HAVE THE GREAT BALANCING BREATHING FROM THE INHALING FRESH AIR AND FROM THE EXHALING DIRTY AIR INORDER TO JUST HAVE A LONGER LIVING LIFE FORM ON THIS FRICKEN WORLD , AMEN .
i never liked China and i will never will ... they are crooks and manipulative peoples .. and if it continues this procedure it will bring us war very soon... expect that.. Zakaria make more shows about AntiChina ... screw China... Long Life USA/EUROPE/United Kingdom/AUSTRALIA
Racist and you are on the wrong side of history. Remember your grand grand papa and mama are all from Africa.
How about those walls street bankers??? Guess you rather be screwed by your own people
US warships and fighters are all surrounding CHINA and CHINA's warships and fighters are still a whole Pacific away from US. WHO is bring a war to WHO? Can you explain?
All the countries you named are successes due to the influx of immigration. That means even the CHINESE that live in those countries and contribute to the economy, society (doctors, engineers, etc) , successes, and bring new innovations and ideas. Countries like Australia, US, UK etc. have boomed in success because of immigration.....so what you say is completely ignorant.
WE ALL WILL BE OWNING THE GREATEST HUMAN WASTE AND HUMAN URINE THAT ALL FOR OUR DUM ASSSSS DAILY WORLD , AMEN
You just don't get it do you Fareed – superpowers just ARE – they don't need or want your advice on the rules because they make the trules.
Welcome to a new century...
China is smart – they just sit back and work hard while other country's apathy eats them alive. I have been working on my Mandarin for a while now ...
WE ALL HAVE TO GIVEN OUT OUR DAILY HUMAN WASTE AND ANIMAL URINE , WE ALL ARE SMELL AND STINKY , WE DON"T NEED TOBE WAITING TO HAVE THAT STINGKY SMELL WHEN WE ALL ONE OF THOSE DAY PASS AWAY OR GONE , AMEN.
WE AS A HUMAN FORM WE ALL AIN"T LIKE NOBODY BUT WE ALL LOVE OUR HUMAN WASTE AND HUMAN URINE ON OUR DAILY LIFE FROM OUR DAILY THINKING AND THOUGHT OF AND IN OUR MIND , AMEN .
WHERE IS THE HEAVENLY PLACE AND WHERE IS THE REAL HELL PLACES ARE IN THIS EARTH PLANET THAT ALL , FULL OF KARMA NGHIEP , WHAT IS COME AROUND THEY GOING BACK AROUND LIKE OUR SOLAR SUN POWER DO , OUR MOON POWER DO ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND , AMEN .
WHAT IS LIFE FORM ARE FOR , IS IT FOR THE DESTROYING OR WHAT , WE ALL NEEDED TOBE ASKING TO OUR OWNSELF ANAL ABOUT IT ON THE DAILY BASIC , AMEN .
China is in a cold war with the West. The best thing that the west can do is slowly raise trade barriers to them. Then and only then, will China quit trying to win a cold war via economic means.
Oh boy, you must be eating bad chicken today. American businesses are making a killing in China. You need a serious kick in the butt.
LIFE FORM ARE FULL OF THE HUMAN WASTE AND ANIMAL WASTE AND SO DOES THE HUMAN URINE AND THE ANIMAL URINE ASLO , AMEN .
Martian, i hate china as manipulative country not as race. that's how far your brain goes.. anyway Screw China in general.
Go back to Africa and suck cow blood. Heard this is the miracle drink when you are confused about your papa and mama.
WIN AND LOSE ARE JUST LIKE THE SPEED OF LIGHT , HOW LONG CAN ONESELF LIVE IN AND ON THIS KARMA NHGIEP MOTHER HELL AND HEAVENLY PLACE THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED MOTHER EARTH WORLD , AMEN .
ASTEROID ARE COMING TO TOWN DOGGY WORLD AND WET CAT HOOOOOOOOOOOOO WORLD , AMEN .
The tiresome mantra of currency manipulation as China's currency has risen 28% over the past 5 years is a completely useless scapegoat for America’s problems. We still haven’t learned that blaming a group of people for our own problems or lack of creativity has repeated itself throughout history again and again. It starts out innocently enough but then turns into horrible events like the holocaust. I can also guarantee that the surest way to convince the Chinese to absolutely not do something is to continuously tell them they must do it. Our politicians, yet again, shoot themselves in the foot to please what they think voters want them to say. I guess that's democracy.
The more Chinese currency raise in value, the more they can buy. Only idiots want them to have this power. Soon they will be able to buy more resources than the US.
You are an idoit... Obama should spend more on education...
The situation is way more complex than these reporters are able to explain. China's involvement in Africa concerns a completely different theoretical foundation from Western methodology. Unfortunately, that gets completely lost in the simplicity of a 500 word/5 minute "report". In turn, we are less informed citizens making choices about situations we really know little about.
ATE AND THAN GIVEN OUT THE HUMAN WASTE AND THE HUMAN URINE ALSO , AMEN .
TOMG–GIVE IT A REST! AMEN
HUMAN BEING ARE SCARE OD DEAD AND SUFFERING SOONER OR LATER IN THEIR OWN DOG AND CAT WORLD , AMEN .
thanks mainly to the incredible failure of obama china is now the worlds leading power...
yes, let's do like Bush and invade
I am not sure that China is really the superpower as this article suggest. Majority of the Chinese work extremely hard with blood and sweat in a not so comfy environments, the Chinese is destroying their environment to earn dollars that coming out of American printing machine. The superpower should be the one making these manufacturing orders and paying with money that has bottomless supplies. I am also certain this superpower has the capabilities to assign responsibilities and framing it whatever way it desired; that why it is called superpower. Until that day comes, China is far from being associate with the term 'Superpower'. On the contrary, I think Chinese is so powerless to the money printing machine; as they are so in love with it and will practically sleep with it under their bed.
China is USA biggest creditor... $906.8 billion... Your unemployment benefits is financed by China... That is what super power is all about... guns no longer rules
WE ALL FORGOTTEN WHERE WE ALL ARE FROM , WE ALL ARE COMING OUT OF THE HOLE AND THAN TRANSFORMATION INTO THE FRICKEN ANIMAL WAY OF THINKING AND ACTION IN THE ACTING HABIT OF EATTING AND THAN GIVE OUT THE HUMAN WASTE AND URINE THAT ALL THAT ONESELF ARE REALLY NEEDED , AMEN .
Everyone stop bying apple products chinas economy wouldnt be what it is
Any made in usa suggestion?
America has no future, as long as its political is rotten, which is reflected by the facts of lobbying, congressman being paid by companies, etc.
HUMAN WASTE AND HUMAN URINE CAN BE EATTING AGAIN AND AGAIN IS LIKE THE REPEATING OF EATTING AND DRINKING OF THE HUMAN URINE , AMEN .
It's always draft dodgers like Romney who promote an aggressive foreign policy. "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
HUMAN WASTE AND HUMAN URINE ARE TASTE THE BEST OF THE BEST , AMEN .
Well, didn't Americas las Six Presidents aware of these consequences?
Favorably, America and in general the Western Countries, did contributed a lot for China and its descendants, since the past few Centuries. That time was when the Jewish were ILLTREATED by Westerners. Just to mention few;
A) When Hitler was asking the Canadian Government, "How many Jewish can you take?" The Canadian Official replied, "Zero is too much".
B) When Hitler was keep attacking Jewish, for FOUR Years, America did nothing to stopped him.
But, when Doctor A. Einstein, wrote a letter from Belgium to Queen of England to Warn Western Hitler is about to built Nuclear Bomb, America respond quickly and brought DR. Einstein into America, as self-interest.
After that, the Jewish around the World brought most of the current Technologies into America and somewhere.
At the matter of fact, what I am trying to say is: self-awareness and knowing the consequences ahead of time, is a Human duties and could save US more lives.
Yes, all the past presidents have been aware of these consequences. They have all known that there's no way to compete successfully against hundreds of millions of repressed Asian workers glad to earn $0.50/hr. The problem is that large corporations donate huge sums to political campaigns. Politicians respond by turning a blind eye when those companies send thousands of jobs to China. We've been destroyed by our own democratic processes.
LIFE FORM ARE THE KARMA NGHIEP FROM THE HUMAN WASTE AND THE HUMAN URINE , AMEN .
HOW MANY HUMAN WASTE AND URINE MEAL CAN ONESELF STOMACH BE TAKEN INSIDE ONESELF STOMACH , AMEN .
The idea that a Superpower must "enforce the rules" is absurd. It assumes that there are "the rules" that are independent from any given Superpower. When in actuality, "the rules" were created by the US for its own benefit. Why would China fold itself into OUR rules?
A true Superpower makes its own rules, and the rest of the world accommodates that because it must.
the incredible failure of obama has done more to make china the most powerful country in the world than the chinese have!
can you specifically name what obama did??? you should blame those profit minded companies
OUR HUMAN FORM ARE COSUMING THE DAILY BI –PRODUCT OF THE ANIMAL WASTE OR THE HUMAN WASTE AND THAN REDRINKING OUR ONESELF URINE OR THE ANIMAL URINE THAT ALL , AMEN .
HUMAN WASTE AND HUMAN URINE ARE THE BEST FOOD FOR ONESELF STOMACH FOR THE DAILY FOOD , AMEN .
HUMAN WASTE AND HUMAN URINE HAVE TO LIVING ALONG SIDE TO EACH OTHER , AMEN
China is the reason for most of the global problems currently.
the last time i read, someone mentioned lehman??
China have SIX EARTH RARE MAGNETS discovered.....
China is a police state, regional bully, technology pirate, and nationalistic cheater. Does that answer your question?
I just have a comment on the last sentence, "Beijing needs to recognize that it has become a world power, that its every move is now deeply analyzed, and that it is expected to play by the rules – indeed, it is expected to help maintain the rules."
I don't understand why China needs to maintain (and play by) the rules (which have been established by western super powers)? Now may be the time when China needs to start changing some (or may be all) of the rules so that the world can become a better place.
at least China don't start war
Tell that to Taiwan or Tibet.
"Tell that to Taiwan or Tibet." They did and no war so far.
Fareed Zakaria's analysis is so simple that I am completely taken aback. There is hardly any evidence to suggest that a power can arise by following the rule laid down by an old power. Great powers often dictate the rules. The US's invasion of Iraq without any provocation is a recent example. If China is going to become a new world power, it will introduce new rules and realities in the international order simply because it has its own domestic policy, cultural values and strategic interests. To suggest that China will have to follow the rules and parameters the Western countries and US had already defined is a naive and wishful thinking. Zakaria's comment is a cliche without serious thinking.
SEE AMERICA POLITICAL SYSTEM IS CAPITALIZED COUNTRY CHINA IS COMMUNIST COUNTRY. OUR CORRUPTED POLITICAL SYSTEM BY THE POWER OF MONEY GAVE FREE TRADE TO CHINA. COMMUNIST COUNTRY DO NOT HAVE ANY FRIGS BENEFIT AND PRODUCTION IS SO LARGER AND CHEAP NO BODY COMP IT TO THEM. IN LAST DECADES AMERICA HAVE SO MUCH GOVERNMENT INVOLVED NO BODY LIKE TO DO BUSINESS IN AMERICA. SO WE PRINTING MONEY AND WE BUY GOODS FROM CHINA. CHINA BUY OUR BONDS AND WE PAYING TOO MUCH INTEREST. HOW LONG NO BODY KNOW WAR COSTING TRILLIONS. CHINA DO NOT HAVE WAR THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE AND NOW GOING TO BECOME SUPER POWER VERY SOON THERE IS NO DOUBT IT.
Very poor living standard huge gap rich and poor imbalance. what you see is only face, whole dirty body is hiding they don't wanted let the world to see it because CCP always control Media ,news , social networks and no freedom or not human rights in China today. the Chinese dictators are world 's the most super rich. Chinese people only 99% .
You could very easily be talking about the U.S..
50% true, 50% not. I agree there is no news freedom and human rights in China, according to a lot of my friends from there. However, you failed to mention the real approval rate of the CCP in China. I won't be surprised if 0.2~0.3billion Chinese people are anti-CCP. But their approval rate is still higher than 80%. Won't blame u if you are not aware of this because the rest 1.3b people will never given a chance to show up on western media. Also be very careful when using the word 'dictator' on China. Hundreds of millions of dictators in China? Sure if you really want to stick with this word.
How do you know what the approval rating of CCP is? Did they tell you? I doubt they allow independent polls. Especially of the rural folk who are hard to access anyway.
Will
"How do you know what the approval rating of CCP is? Did they tell you? I doubt they allow independent polls. Especially of the rural folk who are hard to access anyway."
Maybe you should try google for the answer rintintin?
Wat about US indirectly controlling economies of the whole world, manipulating politics in africa. getting control over afghanistan, iraq, libya. Why are you guys getting agitated if china is doing the same thing. China has just started what you were doing from decades.
I think you can say that China is already a superpower in virtually every meaning of the word. Nobody will mess with them.
I wouldn't go that far. They can't make a pair of underpants that stay up yet. But we will change that.
isn't that a good thing??
All China has to do is wait while we destroy ourselves.
Why did we help China for the past 40 years? As a young American, I strongly attest that the previous generation of american leadership have failed us in so many ways. We've been Sanduskyied.
hey, what's your problem with Penn State...
Judging from the comments here, many people are still sleeping or still surfing from their couch. Fareed has the point. How many people traveled to Africa lately ? I traveled to several countries in Africa continent last year, and I thought I was in China. Billboards, trucks, hotel, etc.. all carry Chinese language. Traveling through these countries, I saw many Chinese supervise the local work forces.
Look at the all the frictions in the South East Asian countries against China regarding the water territorial issues ?
Who says superpower has to follow somebody's rule but not the other way around ?
Wake up people. It is better facing, dealing with it now than seeing it happens later. With all the bickering from politicians in the Congress, we soon are setting ourselves to be a follower. God bless America, and us all.
Big deal, I was in Shanghai and it practically look like a New York twin.
Brutal and immoral Communist Party of China:
* human rights abuse !
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA17/042/2011/en/eadc54a7-9d5e-4564-8d03-41142627bad7/asa170422011en.html
* corruption !
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/06/in-china-corruption-and-unrest-threaten-autocratic-rule/241128/
* torture !
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/740318128.html
* censorship !
http://global.christianpost.com/news/beijing-tightens-restrictions-on-social-media-59489/
* organ harvesting !
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2006/apr/06042805
* fake IPhone stores !
http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/post.aspx?post=22bddd8a-2aa3-4453-a05b-7a34057f0b24
* unsafe trains !
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-07-23-China-Train-Crash_n.htm
* tainted milk !
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7624498.stm
* unsafe schools !
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2008/12/26/uk-china-schools-idUKTRE4BP0ET20081226
* deaths through forced abortion !
http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/blog/?p=429
* toddlers run over ! (shame on this immoral and barbaric behaviour)
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/yueyue-chinese-toddler-run-over-in-street-and-ignored-dies/
http://global.christianpost.com/news/another-china-toddler-killed-as-driver-runs-over-5-year-old-twice-to-avoid-hospital-fees-59367/
http://www.theweek.co.uk/world-news/35619/chinese-trucker-%E2%80%98reversed-over-boy-ensure-he-died%E2%80%99
China needs new China Policy. Great analysis and right on! Born in Hong Kong and lived in America for 30 years. This analysis is fair to all sides. China always claims that it has no intention of any territory expansion but just want to have a peaceful economic expansion. Unfortunately, the old school leaders didn't realize that economic expansion without consideration of the impact on other countries is no different from the Royal British Navy conquering Hong kong Island after Treaty of Peking in 1842 for the reason of "selling opium". But glad that British came to HK in 1842 anyway. What an interesting history for Chinese and Westeners! my recommendation to the in power PRC Chinese leader, it is time to study the history again! Super power has its obligation and responsibility!
Most people in the West are unaware of the influence and reach China had in the 15th century ...
Zacharia,don,t you think you should save some of those advices for America,a country with 15 trillions worth of debt.
I think if the United States of America owes China approximately $1.16 trillion, They might be a Super Power. Call me Old Fashioned.
This is how communists in the US and China will take on and enslave the world – USSR style. Conspiracy? How about the only superpower acting like caving in to no-power: none whatsoever – economic, military, purchasing, scientific, academic, or any? Anything China is today – what our government allowed them to be. We had various options to do it elsewhere, in many places, at almost same cost and with no commies. Why did we concentrate everything in China?
"Why did we concentrate everything in China?"
Good question. Like why noti India or Pakistan?
I dare the filthy Ch*nks to try and invade America! We need to put a 250% tariff on all imports now! Bring production jobs back to America, sure you'll pay more, but what good is bunch of Chinese/ Walmart crap that breaks in 2 weeks anyway.
Shut up and get ready for black friday. Amazing deals at Wal-Mart
China is too smart to allow Obama or any other to dictate on what they should and should not do. Was interesting on how we had sanctions against them for the cruelty of prisoners and yet we kicked that aside for CEO's to make money off the slaves. Obama needs to stay home and do his job. He is not focused at all on anything but his popularity.
China should not be blamed for anything. China did what was good for China and is still doing that. It's we, Americans, who allowed ourselves to be taken advantage of. As far as I'm concerned, the current US Chamber of Commerce should be dismantled and replaced with elected officials who will serve for two years, limited to two terms. They will have to have a degree in economics and demonstrate the willingness to work with both political parties. As I recall, the current lineup of Wall Street's representatives (AKA the US Chamber of Commerce) have said on several occasions that they support job outsourcing because it is good for Wall Street. Oops, I meant to say the US economy.
The first effect is to force the Iranian people to be welded around the ranks of a plan he hates. To stop the rot eating away inside the "mullahcracy." Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is more fragile than ever. The Supreme Leader, who is on a leash, is reluctant to dismiss him. An Israeli bomb can he save the day. As it may provide some oxygen to Bashar Al-Assad and his massacres, more contested, even within the Arab League. It will certainly give a dramatic boost to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, already in great shape. A boost to Islam in general. Not to mention the risk of rising anti-Semitic, which is revived every time Israel gets wrong. What happens, really, too often. The Israeli government would become untenable.
This is perhaps the only positive thing that could get out of this chaos. After such a coup, although Israel will stop climbing. Freeze its settlements, the peace process back on or recognize the State of Palestine to the UN. What looks like a utopia is nothing that the only solution dictated by reason. Initiate, as soon as possible, de-escalation in the Middle East. Leave no chance for Iran to be supported. For the international community can take appropriate action: cut all relations with Tehran. In the hope that the regime falls, before it really the bomb.
I have no problem with China becomming the number 1 super power in the world (although I'd prefer America). All I ask is that they free Tibet (I also support the liberation of Kashmir and Palestine). I don't mind the chinese people (besides the fact that the ones i've met are amazingly generalistic); however, the government isn't exactly good. I'm not American but if you want to come here and complain about the horrid deeds that America's done, take a good look at Chinese history. Overall, I wish the people (of America and China) the best.
The problem Americans have with China, besides the human rights thing, is the fact that their government is neither elected nor founded on any ideals, unlike ours. People can complain about America all they want and we still help them out when they need it. Has china ever freed one nation?
I complained and got pepper sprayed.
Why aren't my posts showing up?
What do you mean by the end? what do you by playing by the rules and helping maintain the rules? What are the rules? Is that US has to be the NO1? Is this the rule?
well that HAS been the U.S. Motto for over 60 years...
MAYBE if we stopped worrying about stupid things like how gays should not be allowed to marry, what a woman does to her uterus or what a black politician did to women over a decade ago, we could focus on more important matters and then we would not be threatened by China and their quick rise of power.
But that would make too much sense wouldn't it?
China is in deep trouble beneath its prosperity on the surface. Widespread corruption and cheating are in everyone's daily life. I just came back from China last week, witnessing a bribery in legal system which I initially disbelieve. There is a price for every "favour" you expect which is normal service obligation in the West. Legal system might be the worst, you pay to influence the judge and change an order, then more money comes in from defendant and the order is overthrown easily. Eventually money can buy someone's life in jail. You pay to execute someone who has committed a serious crime. otherwise, he can pay to get of jail for the same crime if the amount is right. Medical doctors ask for "red packages" before surgeries for better chance. Teachers ask students for additional tuitions or your child will be placed at the last row and never get any attention. it is a system at the brink of collapse, why worry about its power? China is digging its own grave and rotten inside
If China collapses, US collapses or at least suffers a huge damage. US and CHINA can easily make each other collapse by committing a suicide. China has successfully tied us on a same boat. Do you understand?
US made the choice to get on that boat, no one tied it there. It also has the option to get off soon enough but US wants to stay and join the exploitation of hardworking Chinese labour and play an important part in corrupting China. Look at the fact why Microsoft China employs so many young girls to work on business relations with Chinese government
Susan, you need to watch more Hollywood movies. Everyone knows you can be eaten alive by a zombie.
I hate to tell you this but corruption isn't weakening China, it's strengthening it. That's an unpleasant "fact of life."
No worry. More than 130miilions new Chinese Christian today (almost half of US population). God is changing Chinese people to be better people as He did to our ancestors 20 year ago.
Another no credit article. America never played by anyone else's rules when they WERE a superpower. WHY should China? Especially when you look at all the various dynasties, MIng, Tang ect. China was a superpower and will regain it's rightful place.
Americans who doubt my comment, study SE Asian history and tell it to this arthor who can't read beyond the headlines.
PS. CNN will block your comments, they blocked mine on other articles, free speech, yeah RIGHT!!!
hmm yes, and look what they had to do to get to their status. Kill millions, invade tibet, etc. The Chinese government isn't exactly good either buddy.
Yes, China is doing well, but America still leads the world for the time being.
China does not need a How-To book. They are already doing it at our expense....thanks to idiots in Washington.
QUIT buying ' Made in China '. How simple is that ? AND put back the tariffs. ' Made in China ' means jobs for the Chinese and 'no jobs' for Americans. Let's see what China can do about building CHINA without selling all that stuff cheaply to Americans and the rest of the world. They have a HUGE internal market .. all those people.
Economic activities follow their rules. Simply ask people to quit buying from China for a patriotic reason is disobeying these rules (like always pursuing lower cost in the manufacture) and therefore it won't work. The solution should be "sell more to China" .
The U.S. must have a game plan to deal with the consequences of self-preservation. Ban trade with China and India, and immediately fund domestic manufacturing and services industries. Tell the corporations they can move to Bangladesh if they don't like it, and rebuild the U.S. as it once was. Such a move would require a political system with real guts, but it's the only solution. Anything else will fail, and as has been the case with so-called "stimulus" plans, is likely only to push us ever more quickly toward the fate of a has-been nation.
Whats up with my comments being censored? I spent 30 mins writing those comments.
They only want to post people with their views the same as the author or CNN. I encountered the same problem, free speech, LOL.
I have a well-considered comment I've been repeatedly trying to post, but it never shows up. I don't think it's being intentionally censored; there must be a CNN computer bug causing this problem.
Fareed Zakaria in an Indian who was born in India and is now acting as he is an American than real Americans, he has been fabricating many fake stories to scary Americans
One thing's for sure, he has better grammar and is smarter than you.
Excuse me, Peter, would you mind translating that into English?
OK ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,here we go........................................Fareed Zakaria in an Indian who was born in India and is now acting as he is an American than real Americans, he has been fabricating many fake stories to scary Americans
CNN is using Indian face to do their dirty job.
Anyone remember what CNN call the Chinese during Beijing Olympic?
And what are those rules Zakaria and where are they written?
China's boost was created by corporate America, outsourcing everything to other countries. This also killed so many of our local smaller businesses as well.
Secondly while we were so busy invading Iraq, which had all those weapons of mass destruction, good ole China kept at its focus. I think China benefited deeply in that era. We spent what, $1 trillion on that.
Our policies should focus first on our own domestic issues and every decision we make should keep those issues into consideration.
follow rules, what rules, these rules were created by westerners. China must break the old rules and make new ones.
China has a singular purpose, to be the most powerful country in the world. Militarily and economically. Everything they do is to progress this objective. Forget about workers right, living standards, the disadvantage, or the elderly. They would pay their workers 5 cents/hr and force them to live in huts if it would advantage them economically. Perhap their is a balance between, but we must realize that everytime we enact business regulations and pro-labor laws, we are competing against a country that will have none of it.
How can a country become a superpower economically if it only pays its workers peanut? Under your definition, those poorest countries in the world such as Somali should have become Suuuuperpower...
As long as the workers are happen with peanuts. The fact is that they are happy.
He meant, translate that into "American". I'll do that for you:
"Fareed Zakaria was born Indian but he's AMURIKAN now so India can suck it. Now let's watch some Football and Nascar and Wrestling".
Peter Lee, Fareed Zakaria might be a naturalized citizen, but he is certainly a "real American." He is not only one of the best foreign affairs analysts in the world, but if there is one legitimate criticism, it is that he is a bit biased towards American interests. However, Fareed Zakaria understands that what is in the best interest of the US is often also in the best interest of everyone in the global economy and community. His criticism of China is reasonable, restrained, and responsibly done. China, like every country, expects other countries to be a bit pushy at times when it comes to protecting their own interests. They honestly don't even mind this, because it justifies them sometimes pushing back.
Zakaria's measured criticism of China also allows reformist elements within the Chinese government to further their agenda. This is particularly important now because of China's upcoming leadership change. Although it has already been decided that Xi Jinping will take over as president, how the rest of the Politburo and NPC Standing Committee shapes up could still change. Most likely almost all of the old school hardliners will be sent into retirement next year, and a careful measure of criticism from outside China could help ensure that hardline anti-democracy elements in the Chinese government get further marginalized. Fareed Zakaria knows what he is doing. Just let him do his thing. It's really is in everyone's best interest.
What qualified Fareed to know China that well? He speak read and write Chinese? He live in China mora than 1 years?
USA make same mistake as old China did, we think we are the center of the world.
the incredible failure of obama has done more to make china the worlds leading power than china itself...
Interesting theory. Care toelaborate on that?
This article, along with other similar articles, is trying to simplify the root cause of the problem that US is facing. The matter of fact is the proposed changes in China, is not only inadequate to solve the problem that US has, but also impossible given the internal problem (or crisis) China is facing itself. Especially when China has grown into a larger economy, those kind of "pressure talk" will get nowhere. A smarter way is to analyze the motives behind china's behavior, and act to influence the dynamics of those motives. This is called "new China strategy" while this article is promoting an "old China strategy" which had failed and will continue to fail more quickly.
And don't mind what Mitt Romney is saying during the election season – you will see how quickly he will change if he had come to power in White House.
China does not have to do anything extra to become the world's leasing superpower.
In a recent test, American scored 23rd in science and 31st in math out of 65 countries.
According to the latest national assessment, only 12% of high school senior are proficient in American history.
The 10 gauge bong pipe of "American Exceptionalism" that conservatives have been overdosing on was a simple algorithm of vast,virgin resources and hardy, risk-taking immigrants.
The resources have been squandered and the hardy immigrants have been replaced by a generation of Barbie Doll Momma's boys and weenieboy gamers that have grown up in the bubble-wrapped suburbs, the laziest, most useless crop of males in American history.
China doesn't have to do anything it is not doing already to become the world's preeminent super power. The center of gravity has shifted to the Pacific and the sun is setting on America.
ooops...'world's leading superpower.'
Even if USA do not pay back the Chinese loan, Chinese is still winning. They have better youth than us. Wait..........maybe we lshould let them all immigrate here and take over wall street.
It's not called cheating, it's call winning
Fareed, go back to India, you idiot
To everyone who thinks Fareed is an "idiot", what do you disagree with him about? Many of the comments condemning his posts don't say what they don't like, they just say he's stupid and that's it. If you want to disagree, counter his argument. By saying "Fareed is a stupid Iranian agent", you appear both extremely bigoted and unintelligent. I don't really have an opinion either way, but I'd like to know the problem you have with his argument. So enlighten me
the incredible failure of obama has done more to make china the worlds leading power than china itself
China is growing too fast... this only means that their economy will crash even faster.
Only then will the US pay off their debt to them at a much cheaper bargaining rate.
If this is your solution, you probably will have to wait for the rest of your life...
China already is a real superpower. They have the largest military in the world and would crush us in a war. They arent armed with sticks and stones over there.
Please comment based on facts. Your comment is not true. China is still way far behind US in almost all areas. Even Chinese people think so ! In a meeting with Mike Mullen, their generals agreed that they still have a long long way to go to catch up with us.
If the article is really based on FACT and rational analysis, there is no need for so many hysterical comments here.
Not completely true. China will be testing their new defence technologies in outer space – SOON. China would also have its own space station. That's how advance China is today – compare to just 10 years ago when it was miles behind the rest of the superpowers. At this rate of advancement in military technologies, its only a matter of time when China leads the world in military might.
Of course Chinese Generals said they are behing USA in military power terms. They are not so unlike Americans – who are know to be bostful and loud.
I would be more afraid of American than China. Because even if China is suprepower , it has no history of invading another country – or carpet bomb, chemical bomb and nuclear bomb civilians in a foreign country. That honor goes to USA. Millions of civilians suffer these unnecessay slaughter by a superpower, USA.
We played poker with the Russians in the '50's and '60's, and we won the game in the 80’s. We used our economic power to cause them to fold their hand, bankrupting themselves trying to keep up with us militarily.
The Chinese are playing poker with us now, and we are bankrupting us. They have a predatory currency, slave-labor wages, no pollution or safety controls and yet they are able to export their underpriced products into our country with virtually no tariffs or offsets.
Our consumers, ironically without jobs because virtually all manufacturing is leaving this country, cannot afford not to pay the ultra-low prices of these goods. Go to Best Buy, go to Target, you will not see a single American (or European) product.
American brands are not the same as American products. That iPad you admire so much is in fact a Chinese product, made in China, just designed here. Same with Black and Decker, RCA, all the fashion brands, and so forth.
So, our broke consumers are addicted to Chinese cheap goods, and our broke government is addicted to cheap Chinese debt. Trillions – that’s with a T – of our dollars go to China, with their government having more American cash than ours.
So, a generation of business and government ‘leaders’ have just stood by and watched our pond get drained. And making a mockery of ourselves, now we are all waking up and saying, ‘wait a minute, we are broke and the Chinese are rich!’.
If you go to China, they actually hold us in contempt for being so stupid about what they are doing to us.
Gee, what a surprise.
You are quite correct. After bankrupting the Russians with the arms race, we have bankrupted ourselves. We can no longer afford over 700 military bases in 122 countries.
What has the projection of American military power gained for us?
As we stand here today, what lasting benefit did Vietnam gain for America? Iraq? Afghanistan?
The only thing propping this house of cards up is the dollar being the default currency of the world. When the dollar is replaced, America will become a second world country, if not a third world country..
I totally agree. We are already bankrupted. Government and household debt is more than we pay off. Politicians did nothing to reverse the imbalance.
CNN has gone crazy. US main media is history. All one can hear is biased propaganda.
China is the cause of most of the problems in the rest of the world and we all let it happen. China has used our own greed to defeat us. Now almost nearly everything is made there. Between the Republicans cutting taxes and the out sourcing of our nations jobs we have depleted the tax base to the point of bankrupting this nation. Now China is using its new found power to intimidate the countries surrounding the South China Sea. They are claiming waters that they have no right to in international law. Is this really all that surprising after all they are a repressive communist country? China needs to stop this type of aggression and let its currency float on the world market. This is the only way that the world can become balanced. The alternative is war.
Chine is a brilliant culture with a hard-working populace. America is a third world culture of lazy couch potatoes and weenieboy gamers.
Such an intelligent, well-educated remark- did you manage to come up with it all by yourself?
The last two sentences in your comment can be simply translated to "China needs to obey our commands to guarantee we will still be #1 power of the world"...am I right?
u know what? I cannot be more agree with u. However, what I am wondering is just whether or not you can afford an 'OR' at the end of your 'China-needs-to-blablabla' sentence.
I'm not hearing anything new. Western Intelligence branches have been following China's every move for decades now.
China doesn't give a F***. Simple as that. Environment, human rights, world peace, economic stability, they do not care.
Personally, I am making an effort to not buy Chinese goods. I like my way of life and it will disappear if we allow the Chinese to rule the world. I recommend that you do everything in your power. Do it for your grandchildren. Unless you'd rather they dig trenches for the Chinese.
You bet China would do the same by NOT buying your debts,poultry,nuts,agriculture products,etc.I'm afraid you might sell back your underwear if US economy will go down the drain.
That's the thing.You can't blame China for your unemployment because China does not put a gun to your head just to buy Chinese products.China is exporting to other countries so the idea that by not buying Made in China will kill their economy
I as well, spoken like a true American, we need to support each other, not other countries.
Wow, wolf crying hypocricy!!!! Ask Iraqis and Afganistanians how "THANKFUL" they are to Americans??!! CIA agents starting another round of smear campaign!! The fact is, In the past 20 years, China wasn't involved in any military conflicts anywhere ... eat that, would you??!!
Racists fearing Chinese standing up on their own!!
For people who don't know,-right now-China IS the ruling superpower in the world.
Economically,China holds the balls of every other nation in her steel grip.
And militarily,if China was disposed to go on the war path,every other nation on earth could do little but go to a nuclear option very quickly to stop her.
So let's treat China as the sleeping grizzley bear in the room that she is.
Right now,the Chinese are doing everything right FOR CHINA-Amwerican politicians who seem more intersted in Chinese money then American security would be wise to understand that China has CHINA"S best interests at heart -NOT AMERICA's.
Who can blame the Chinese for taking care of their own.
You would think American politicians could learn something from that but they are too stupid to learn anything.
Please comment based on facts. Your comment is not true. China is still way far behind US in almost all areas. Even Chinese people think so ! In a meeting with Mike Mullen, their generals agreed that they still have a long long way to go to catch up with us.
To become a bonafide superpower one must possess a large economy supported by high level of technology and top notch all present military. Then other nations will be begging for your leadership and host your bases.
It seems everyone thinks China has to be like the western world countries. They are not, so get use to it.
How can they....or....they are already owning our lame behinds? They know how to work together as a nation, we have lowIQ conservatives working against us at every turn, we don't have a chance with these lowlifes being able to vote.
It's often mentioned that China is coming of age and is expected to "play by the rules and and help maintain it." The question is, though, what the rules are to uphold. For over a century, the west has been writing the "rules." Rules under which the entire Africa continent and the majority of Asia were colonized; Rules under which today the two primary international financial bodies, IMF and WB are controlled by US and Europe; Rules that allow US and the west to isolate and topple countries that do not align with their geopolitical interests. For so long the "rules" are little more than a facade for imperialistic ventures and unjust meddling.
The world indeed needs rules and orders that all countries are expected to follow. However the rules have to be written by and agreed to by all the nations that are treated as equals, instead written by a few and imposed upon the rest of the world.
Really? when US invaded Iraq, did US play by UN rules?
Hey, we have MTV, what more do we need to motivate our kids?
HBO.
I am a chinese and I know that chinese government is pretty corrupted. social problems are ubiquitous.
You have no idea about American corruption!! Political lobbying is a hugely profitable, legal industry, which would bring death penalty in China.
Find out what Colin Powell, Tony Blair, ... are doing after their office job. Find out who can attend the parties in the Hamptons in NY. You are apparently a Chinese, since you know nothing about how America works yet ...
Of course Fak will need to kiss this country that give him green card to citizenship and knowing CNN's anti-China stance,he has no other option.
In the 1970s one of China's leaders said "We're going to take over the world within 40 years and we're going to do it without firing a single shot." They're doing it.
You're absolutely right! I had forgotten about that incident!
Playing by the rules? really? how about asking US Senate and Congress about Stock Act law, Most of them try to not to answer.
We need to clean our problems caused by ourself instead looking for someone else for scapegoals. Fix our problems first before telling others how to belave. Such a hyocrite. US needs focus how to lead the country to prosper again instead more wars.
How could China be a superpower if it didnt know how to invade Iraq and bombed over 15 countries in last 50 years. responsibly?
China will become an economic super power within 10 years. They beat us in the same game that we used all these years.
Anything we do to control China will be counterproductive. That boat has sailed long time ago.
It's truly amazing just how far China has come in the last 100 years since the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, from a nation plundered by the West then to a true economic power today. On the other hand, our economy seems to be shrinking into oblivion and will continue to do so thanks to these right-wing incompetents we have in Washington now!!!
Romney's statement is to entertain his voters. I may have wanted to vote for him for all other reasons. But a person with such strong anti-china impulses can be dangerous to America. We don't want China to antagonize us during the next decade of our recovery. Collaboration is the key. "Playing by the rules"? Why doesn't he bark at Wallstreet? He is too simplistic to realize that even Wall Street doesn't like his statement because of many dealings that are going on between WS and China.
That's absolutely true. Geroge W. Bush had much more hard words to China during election, and then what happened? And look at the other Joke: "Change is coming to America". If my memory is correct, that's something said by somebody like 4 years ago. Any change in the Wall street or Main street? LOL
As soon I read this headline I knew the article was by this Fareed guy. It's either you are Rollin (yes, I said rollin!) Martin who are the worst when it comes to attention Wh0r$E writing. Keep up the good work!
wah wah wah! still blaming others for our problems huh?
Zakaria is nothing but another useless TV persona. China has solved almost all of its territorial disputes diplomatically even when most of them resulted in less than 50% for what China had asserted. Rather than showing the facts, this ugly duck wants to play the same 'fear China' game for the ignorant American mass. What a farce!
It originates from western supremist thinking reminiscent of apartheid completely unchristian and evil.
Just read the hateful comments.
It makes sense.
I agree. China needs to gain 700 overseas bases, invade two countries per decade, bomb people in a half-dozen other countries with remote airplanes, spend more on their national defense than the next 17 countries combined, overthrow democratically-elected governments that oppose capitalism, and support dictatorships that bow to China more than democratic leaders would. Only then will they be a REAL superpower.
Perhaps the way to do it is do what USA and the rest of the most powerful nations in the western world has done.
If that is the way a "REAL SUPERPOWER " is judged to be in the western world and by Zakaria.?
the chinese are a noble people. what can we say, let alone sway in the face of such ancient greatness. i for one, enjoy the exchange. cao cao
The US has been abusing international affairs for the benefit of mega corporations. Now another country is on the verge of beating the US at its own game and they have the odacity to criticize them? I am sick and tired of the bs that the US plays. I hope that the economy in the US is destroyed, they brought their perils onto themselves...
Thank you, AmericansAreHypocrites. You pretty much said it all.
Well, now that the Federation, er I mean America, became the leading superpower after the Klingon Empire, er I mean the Soviet Union fell, we wouldn't remain the only superpower for long. Now that the Romulan Star Empire, er I mean the People's Republic of China is developing so much, we have to remember that empires come and go, and powers shift, and that's the game of civilization lol:) But serioulsy, Fareed Zakaria said that China is NOW a superpower. I would like to know how we can measure that, and on what standards? I mean I know it's not like you are one the day the world says you are, but what standards should we look for to get general consensus on that question? WHEN will we all pretty much know we are living in a world of two superpower's again...?
China needs to be stopped – the US needs to make allies with all these countries to create a strong force against the Chinese. They are the most corrupt, unethical people and will ruin the world. Next in line after that is India and the problem is not with them becoming a super power but how they use unethical and illegal means to get there which means that they have no motivation to clean up their act or do things legally as doing things the wrong way is working fine for them. The US needs to stop making countries super powers by depending so much on them...start bringing things back to Europe and US and grow them back as super powers. Its so frustrating to watch this.....and I am originally from India so I am not saying this as a white person looking down on other races...I see what is happening in these countries and how the corruption and unethical behavior is only increasing as they see it being rewarded with growth..
When in business, all races/countries practice under the same principle–GREED, Wallstreet included. Just don't listen to Romney. He is either dumb or pretentious.
The real danger of China? Countless cheap labors and unmeasurable desire and respect for education. In America, workers are expensive and no one cares to learn, both of which will set us behind for generations to come. As simple as that.
I agree.
USA fears simple values like truthfullness,honesty,respect,humbleness and treating others as they would like to be treated.
Instead in its wealth it is greedy,exploitive,gloats and is envious.
They loose my respect as a christian.
China corrupt? They learnt their tricks from Wall St. Americans still think that their leaders and businessmen are the good guys... You couldn't be more naive...
What business people in the US want is people working for pennies an hour. That's why this country bashes China these days to try to manipulate the perception of its citizens...
The "good old days" of foreign companies exploiting chinese people,exposing chinese workers to toxic gases and
polluting the enviroment in china AND elsewhere in the world is over.
Big Easy Answer is CHINA' SUPER MAGNETS.... SUPER MAGNETS......SUPER MAGNETS......SUPER MAGNETS......
We can don't have much of super magnets.
What would happen if we embargoed China? Would that completely screw them over, or would it inadvertently screw us over as well? Just a thought.
Let's find a way to "protect" china, then we can take control of their money and man power.
Americans are too lazy and fat.
CHINESE JUST GOOD @ COPY. ALL CHINESE PRODUCT ARE LOW QUALITY, SO ARE THE WEAPONS. ABOUT 300 MILLIONS CHINESE ARE SO RICH, HOW ABOUT 1 BILLION ARE SO POOR?
China is a communist state run by a dictatorial govt who's people are repressed. They are no different than Russia was at its height in world history. The US survived Russia, and it will survive China. Russia had every chance to engage the US militarily, but instead chose to use proxy strategies instead. Its called MAD (mutual assured destruction), and its just as big of a deterrent now as it was before.
Nuke 'em 'til they glow!!!
Nice words from a hateful christian...LOL
China is viewed as "THE BIG BULLY" in the asean and south asian countries and Never be called or never be a super power.To be a super, China must show maturity, leadership,Character, which it does not and cannot possess because of its athoritarianism and total disregard for human rights.
look at what they have done to poor harmless Tibetans.it is worse than the case of palestinians, who at least can get their voices heard through al jazeera,CNN,bbc,etc.
How can we be sure of the economic figures coming out from China??Dont they manipulate everything.
dont they athorise cyber attacks against countries they are insecure with??
Bottomline: China can and never be a superpower.
Super power must have the majority of support from the world. US is losing its popularity as China is gaining. Of course, the gap is still big, but we never know when they will catch up. We need to accept the fact that having China as the "co-pilot" in the region is better than as the "emery" to us. It's not a zero-sum game
How China can be a real superpower? We can pay them to "properly dispose" all of our non-recyclable plastic for us, and they can burn it.
Well, they took our jobs, polluted their country, loan us money for our luxury. May be we are even? Without China, things could be worse here.
china is a supper power it has not yet been tested yet.
China is nowhere near a superpower. The us could blow their airforce out of the sky, send theyre navy to the bottom of the Pacific and "bomb them back into the stone age". id say at least 25 more years, then we can revisit the topic
If China wanted to bomb us they would have to carry it. They are 30 years us.
It has not yet learned English yet.
If that is the professional level of a CNN reporter, I am definitely sure I can outwork him.
There is only one way China can become a superpower. Get an army of women outfitted in pink uniforms and Go-Go boots.
China (or any country as a matter of fact) doesn't have to play by the rules if they are strong enough. This may sound unfair. But, life is unfair and the Western countries have played it for a long time. Was it fair that millions of people in Congo died at the hands of the Belgians? Was it fair when the West wanted to open up China forcibly and arranged a very one sided economic treaty that was so humiliating to the Chinese? The West was able to do them because they could and no one else was able to stop them. So, what is the difference if China decides not to play by the rules?
Why is it always a bad thing if a non Western country attempts to practice sovereignty? Take Iran as an example. They try to get nuclear weapons yet US and the European countries try to stop it. OK.....does that make sense? So, if your neighbor has a gun and has the power to kill you. But, you are not allowed to have a gun? An argument about Iran's attempt to develop nuclear weapon is that Iranian government and their president is "crazy" and we don't know who they'll bomb. So, what do you call US invading other countries, bombing these countries, meddling in their affairs? I'd say US is full of crazy people.
This is how the world is. Don't complain if China doesn't play by the rules. They don't have to if they don't need to.
The sign of a super power has to do with a countries ability to shape events for a collective interest. What China needs to learn is how to be altruistic. What set the US up was the Marshall Plan in Europe. Russia operated on the same wavelength. It committed troops to Afghanistan because it thought it could make things better. The Chinese have done one thing very well, which is not to commit troops to potential conflicts since they end up being expensive propositions. Where China has failed is its unwillingness to criticize governments that act improperly.
Judging from the reports from China and its policies towards its Asian neighbors, China ambitions is towards modernization of her society and progress in raising the standard of living of her population in the rural areas and ensuring her rightful place in the international community. This ambition is a result of China's feudal history and the imperial domination of the colonial powers since the opium trade and equal rights treaties.
What you stated about colonial era's opium trade is what I mentioned in the first paragraph of my response. China felt incredibly humiliated at the completely one sided trade treaty which the West imposed upon China. Basically it was like a bully in junior high school telling a little boy "give me your lunch money" with a gun to it's head. Now that the boy has grown up and seems that will be more powerful than the bullies, he can do whatever he pleases considering how he was treated in the past.
What you stated about colonial era's opium trade is what I mentioned in the first paragraph of my response. China felt incredibly humiliated at the completely one sided trade treaty which the West imposed upon China. Basically it was like a bully in junior high school telling a little boy "give me your lunch money" with a gun to his head. Now that the boy has grown up and seems that will be more powerful than the bullies, he can do whatever he pleases considering how he was treated in the past.
fuc k USA
The western world has cheated materially the last 200years.It very clear for all of us to see.
Most emerging super powers haven't felt the need to justify themselves to world opinion. The US is something of an exception in this regard. It engaged in ratifying bi-lateral and multi-lateral agreements which specified its relationships and goals. It did this because as a democratic nation with a history of anti-imperialism in the 19th century, it felt the need to justify itself to both domestic and international opinion. China, without a domestic democratic public, feels less need to do so, and so has reverted to prior hegemonic models.
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i dont know what that means
In order to know Chinese politics better, one must understand its history and its intention to get out of communism.
Democracy would soon rather than never happen in China politics. It is only a matter of time. But China is unable to change its politics until it is able to improve the standard of living for its citizens, especially the vast number of poor rural people.
Opening up too soon, and becoming a democracy, when there is still too much poverty among the population would be a big disaster for China. There would be massive partisan political parties that would cause chaos and violence like the olden days of different state emperors rule. A single controlling Government is essential to China's continuing march forward to become the most powerful economy.
Without jobs and money, the people would rebel and god knows what could happen to the any democratically elected Chinese Government of that day. Chinese's politics cannot be compared to other smaller countries. It is not an easy to start from scratch, after years of closed door policy, and provide for every 1.3 billion citizens, in such a short time.
China's current rise in economic and politicfal stability should be allowed to continue for a few more years until the global economy stabilises. After which I am very sure a new generation of better educated and knowledge based politicians would takeover. Then and only then I think is China ready for free elections. I do not like to use the word ' democractic elections' because democracy is not bringing happiness and financial security to most democracies today, like in EU and America for example.
Lets create a commity to handle the commity to handle and pay them what the commity should be doing as one. Tax dollars going to waist at its best. ....... And still no answers.
I told that 2008. Chinese currency is killing Western's jobs since crisis started. Chinese communism cheat every body and every countries. They invaded Tibetans and they have still even more desire to invade other counties by Cheating. soon or later Chinese can cheat US and Euro. Because Chinese has so thousands Cheating books though centuries. How can against it?
I think the Tibetan story is no longer an issue today. Tibetans are apparently happy with the way they are being treated by Chinese authorities. This is what I have know. The Dalai Lama quit as the spiritual leader of Tibetan, he has retired, there is nothing left for him to do. The Tibetan saga is over and closed.
"...the Tibetan story is no longer an issue today..." That is true only for the Chinese. It isn't true for Tibetans (or
what remains of the Tibetans), nor is it true for the rest of the educated people of the world. What China has
done in Tibet is truly reprehensible (And that is not to say that other "superpowers" have NOT committed their
share of repugnant activity). FZ's comments on China must always be considered in light of his nationality and
ethnicity. That said, Zakaria is often right when he ponders the world opinion of China and Chinese ambitions.
The rest of the world does (and should), indeed, be worried about the "rise" of China to "superpower" status.
For me, personally, the two things that the Chinese could do to gain my admiration would be to develop a truly
just legal system with protections for civil liberties, and to vigorously and emphatically put an end to the tragedy
that is N Korea. China (with Russia) created N Korea and they should take responsibility for fixing the mess
that they made there.
Mike, you are nobody and who are you to earn china respect....
Tibet is belong to china since Yuan dynasty (if you know what is yuan dynasty)
White people shall leave America and Australia to let the local native to rule their own land.
Anu, Please improve your English so that we could understand what the hell you try to tell us. Read well and be knowledgeable and not try to put your biased views across.
@ Jacob, I do not agree with you that what is good for american interest is good for the global economy and community. The americans are very underhanded in their dealings. They tried to destroy the livelihood of another country just to protect their own industry. Remember the Palm Oil issue. The american lobbyists falsely accused the counsumption of palm oil caused heart disease because the demand for american soya oil has gone down. Remember George Soros who deliberately manipulate the currencies of south east asia, with intention of destroying the asian tigers economies. This is a strategic move indirectly hitting and slowing China's economic prosperity in south east asia. I feel that the american move in south east asia now is to contain China by creating alliances with countries like vietnam and phillipines. Majority of the Chinese in south east asia is actively involved in commerce. I don't see how the americans can break that. The worse scenario that will happen will be US and China to go to war. Let GOD be the judge of the righteous.
I think Mr Zakaria that sb different person should write opinion about China and America situation, because you are a little bit from India and you are known person and because of that you are worry about India, (even in soul).
All we ever did was redraw their borders, set up opium dens addicting over 1 in 4 males for quite a long time, belittle their manufacturing as a joke, import them as underpaid railroad workers, stereotype them, mock them, and laugh at their slightly different facial structure. For the life of me I can't seem to understand why they might not see the need to play by the rules that we set.
Harvard grad, Farreed you missed it, China is a supper power thanks to ALL of the idiots in Washington!!!
I lived and worked in China for 10 years selling equipment and putting up factories. It is naive to think that China will act in the best interests of the world. That would be the asking them to act outside of everything in their culture. China's goverment will do whatever is in the best interests of China. This is why they have been so successful in exploiting western markets. They negotiate treaties not in the interest of fair trade, but in the interest of what will benefit China the most.
There are a lot of misperceptions about China. They do not care about ideology. They care about growing their economy and raising the living standards of their people. This makes them rather benign from a military position, but very aggressive from a trade position.
If you "lived and worked in China for 10 years selling equipment and putting up factories." then you are part of
that bunch of western "entrepreneurs" who willingly sold out western interests to China (the corporate greedy
in blunt terms). China will NEVER "act" in the best interests of ANYone but the CCP & PLA. And when it comes
to the "best" interests of the Chinese people vs that of the CCP/PLA then the"people" will lose every time.
You are right about "miss-perceptions" of China. And the biggest of those is that they are militarily "rather benign".
When China "perceives" the West to be economically and militarily "weak enough" you'll see just how "benign"
they are. You'll soon see just how "naive" who has been.
Every country is looking at their interest.
you think US is generous and kind ?
Crying on freedom but chasing those occupied the wall street by force
Crying on human right but invaded Iraq for no reason
Accusing other for military expenses but US is the biggest spender in this area...
China has been exploited and drain up by the westerner during opium war and eight nation alliance....And she is still bullied by westerner with all kind of nonsense...just leave her alone
Great Article. Don't pay attention to all the idiots commenting with their strong biased views. Its good to hear someone discuss this topic with facts and a different perspective.
British claimed Farkland island which is 8000 miles away from Britain but extremely close to Argentina ?
Chineses have been living in those island long time ago; well why it is named south china sea at the first place ?
How can the european claim the whole American and Austrarial thousand miles away from Europe. they shall give back to the local native .
What makes a Country SuperPower
What makes a Country SuperPower is not the strength of military.
Military is dependent on economy.
Economy is dependent on production and consumers.
Consumers:
The U. S. has not loss its consumers, but consumers has to have a source of income.
Sales, Marketing and Warehousing are very minimal in providing job employment and are Economically off balanced. SMW is 100 percent dependent on production.
Production:
About three quarter of the U. S. production industries have relocated to other countries.
The strength of the U.S. Economy today is in disguise, it is not genuine. this is why we are in debt of trillions to other countries. Although balance of budget is important, for the U.S. to retain its standing as the world's superpower it must regain its production industries.
So, What makes a Country SuperPower? A self reliant with a genuinely strong economy.
"Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world." Napoleon
To Brothers and Sisters in USA,
Your corrupt American Democracy regime is over, Now is the time to open your small eye and look what's going on in the world.
GE.
The approach of the reporter is clearly biased by western ideological frame interpretation of politics. Economic investments and strategies of China in Africa are not only different in amount, to those from US or EU, but also different politically. The way Chinese people and the government manage their social and political relations with foreign countries is commonly more prudent, and courteous than the shameful political and economic relation of US.
If it is possible to consider China a superpower, that would be not only for economic reasons, but for political ones. Even though China has big domestic political problems on the horizon, it has created locally, a community of smart and respectful citizens that behave not only with conscience about current and global political trends, but also with certain social values as collective work, sometimes deprivation, and the idea of making a relevant change in China and the world.
China has not only money, but people (not population). People in China don't talk too much, they just work. B. RC.
Fareed's talks about what we in US want to hear about. China is big, large, old country with lots of people. It has right ethics for work so it can be economically very successful. However, it is not superpower. If superpower means just guns then it might be that but it still has large chunk of population and country which lags in development. I know this because i have seen it. If there is something wrong with political system then we should criticize those things. I believe some sort of modernization is sure to come in China at least in few decades. But US like crony capitalism is definately not the way to go. Before criticizing China on it foreign relations anyone should look into their policy.
Fareed Zakaria! Your poor indian English accent makes me hard to understand what is your talking about ? then next British need to train some one to speak english correctly ! thanks lot as speaker !
The US and China are finally engaged in a five dimensional war – land, sea, air, space, and the Internet. The US occupied the coastal areas and the US property is attacked as well – http://battleofhouston.blogspot.com.
Quoting China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs: depends on whether China was involved in the formulation of the rules.
On the appearance, and in reality, we are all humans. The Chinese are not from another planet. We all need to live together. It seems strongly, that economic considerations drive the foreign policies of both the United States, and China. To what extent will the two nations follow their economic considerations to become richer, than they already are?
What's wrong with CNN. I made a post 10 hours ago, and is yet to appear, and you say comments are not pre-screened?
I try to repost a shorter version. Failed. Repost again an even shorter version. Failed again. Repost a 3rd time with only 2 paragraphs. Failed too.
And you Americans think you are a free country? SHOUTING OUR LOUD!! CNN does censorship, CNN does censorship.
Ahh..again we have the scenario of the media manipulated people taking about how China is inferior. Reality is Reality. What is is What is. This scenario has happened way to many times it has almost become funny. Some of you media manipulated people will question the "What is" and the "Reality". Haha...you make me laugh, Zakaria makes money off of this, the American people has become corrupt. China is only at the beginning of the road, already you think it has gone too far and you are trying to push a truck backwards. China just started entering the Superpower phase, and you regard China as trash. China is not trash, most of the things you use today is from China. Don't doubt, spout, or shout. Don't deny, lie, or ask why.
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Pentagon and weapon industry have been very successful in brainwashing Americans that China is a military "threat" to ensure continuous spending on expensive weapon systems and a huge military budget that we can no longer afford. Let's not be the world police and spend money wisely to create jobs at home. That is the best homeland security.
maybe China will be a super power of the world in the future ( but i doubt this ) but China has never been a super power of the world in the past. the fact is that the influence of china in the past was only in the eastern Asia, not the whole world. a "used to be super power" but was defeated by Mongolia in 13th cecentury and insulted by the westerners in 18th cenutury? at present china only know to steal technology to make products illegally to sell them to the whole world, china is bulling small neighbering countries to rob land and sea , china is supporting the dictatoral regimes like Noth Korea or Myanmar...( 35 years ago china supported the Polpot regime in Cambodia that killed two millions innocent Cambidians), so this china country will be new super power of the world. in the way of thinking of chinese ( not so different thousands years ago) a super power would be "high above" the other countries, china would tell them what to do, china would bestow them favours..a real super power is responsible country for the develop, peace, advance, porsperity of human...
p/s, by the way, any guy in here can define what a super power is.
You know nothing of Chinese history, look up the Ming, Tang or Chinese empires up in wikapedia!!!
& Your not Asian.... unless you're an ABC, that explains the lack of rational thought.
Go back to Asia once in while!!!
&&& Another thing since the US is a "super power" look at its actions, endless wars, served hot and cold.... though they never win. Guatommino bay, supporting dictors in the middle east, remember the egypt incident? ect....
Your definition of a "super power" is flawed since you think it only appies to China, every nation especially north american and eurpean ones done worse in recent years, once again look at all the wars.
It will be better if the international rules are changed to allow government support for industrial development. Why make a rule to prevent that if it damages industry and growth? Just because the Americans are irrationally anti-government after Reagan economically illiterate policies. In fact China will play by the rules because it will re-write the rules.
The biggest subsidy in the history of mankind is... TARP. This subsidy blows away all other by a factor of a thousand and permeates its benefits to not only the finance and banking sector but ALL businesses in the US which obtain financing (...which is pretty much everything).
We also get cheaper financing than the rest of the world by having pushed for a strong-dollar policy for decades. This denomination of international transactions in our currency cannot be used directly within the foreign country's economy and is thus reinvested back into the US (by design) and we willingly receive it (as FDI or Treasury sales) which lowers our interest rate, in effect a subsidy.
Another benefit of our strong-dollar policy is simply that we can print what foreign countries earn. We get real products and they get our paper (cash) which we print at will, in effect an interest free IOU (i.e. a loan) We can and have printed money liberally (unlike the ECB, think QE1 and QE2) and this is in effect another incredibly massive subsidy beyond all other countries.
We are total hypocrites... how can we possibly accuse anyone of anything after TARP... and other massive STATE interventions such as AIG and GM?
What about American protectionism? Many emerging countries have been doing the same thing as China, for many years, and that's part of what's helping them to breathe out of U.S. monopoly and attract world investors. But, please, United States, go back to the circus fight between Democrats and Republicans. I like popcorn.
How China can become a real superpower? Next question will be......Are you ready .....China to become a world leader?.....With current economy, it can be however,,,,, only China will get rich....All other countries around the world will become poor...... With current selfishness, ....I don't think ....China is ready....... still need to change lots in China.... respect for humanity..... people in China are very selfish..They just look at for themselves to get money .....Money is god .... Money is power..Money is everything....
China a superpower?
With a huge mess of problems at home, China will never become one, whether in military, financially, economically & culturally.
I wish the DC Cold warriors will just stop thinking of CHina being the next USSR. The future is a multipolar world.
I am going to throw out a crazy idea here. You may just think I'm an ignorant school boy (but I'm a step above that! and ignorant college kid!
) but I have given this a lot of thought so if you could take the time to tell me how much of an a– I have made out of myself it would be much appreciated. So here is the given: We owe china .9% of out debt (not even a percent! in face we owe Brazil more at a staggering 1.5%), China has an economy (in GDP) 1/3 the size of ours, they currently though are experiencing a higher rate of economic growth then us which is why people are afraid, and China is THE hotspot for corporate offshoring (hate on corps as much as you want but its something they have to do to survive, and really people corps are good! the world needs them! America needs them! we the people need them!). So now that I think I have covered most of the given (Its 3am and I'm tired, might have missed something) I'll go to my major premise. Pay back China what we owe (over time), stop dealing in U.S. debt (it has worked but dealing in debt can only go so far), and then embargo them. The government should attack corporations that continue to offshore with immense taxes, sanctions, and hell maybe even a charge of treason (think about it, currently they are bringing down their own country!) while attempting to take the teeth out of the labor unions (so they accept lower wages, love unions but things much change). I haven't figured out how we take the teeth out of the labor unions, thats a job for congress 
. Anyways once we have an embargo on China and have made it impossible for businesses to offshore we must then help businesses make a profit here. People need to be able to afford what they sell so the cost must go down, the cost of manufacturing must also go down, which means that the cost of labor goes down. This is how we can make our currency more valuable and stop inflation. Anyways, this plan promises to make a mess out of thing for at least a solid decade but in the long run I think it fits nicely. I like to call it Controlled Capitalism, Capitalism that is not allowed to reach over into any other country except one that is in NATO. Oh and we should tell the U.N. to go f- itself and to take its headquarters out of our country and never attend another meeting.
Since you're a school boy, I'll say it nicely. I think you got your numbers wrong, China is the biggest foreign debt owner of the US, Brazil by your numbers should be 0.15%
As for your plan..... you have to get into politics, get into congress. But first become a lawyer to get in....... so... are you willing?
The fact is China's ancient philosophy has always been directed inward, toward themselves, as they have traditional ly been an introverted society and this has not changed much in recent years. Added to that, most if not all, Western countries have very little understanding of Chinese cultures and psychololgical attributes. There is great opportunity for China and other countries to co-exist successfully, with all reaping rewards. However, there so much more that needs to be done in terms of discussions between our governements and a much broader exchange between Western and Chinese societies. Until that take place, it will status quo.
There is something to be said regarding the time of media display of the word(s) of dictionary of the meaning of implication of Lie – In the Book of Geneis there was this .......
31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
31:5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
comments: in the realms of constellations there are many during the time of suggested that would be in the realms of the oracle of her display. There was the issue of cosmetics and fingernail polish. This was the determining factor of the original set before the time of the anicent of manifestation upon the land.
The fact that in the current time of War the answers as to the "how" of the anicent is as God Created in the Book of Geneis for example:
33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
The health care debate of (time) will remain unanswer for the knowing of such was there before such spread of time would allowed or negotiated. The fact that those in persons around me would like to know the answer of my thoughts of reason for........memo of not! Would mean that she sits with the cure but now is on a cell phone(???????)
When I read all those comments, I tell to myself that's normal to see wars everywhere. There is so much hate on everyone ! To know which is the real superpower, china or USA, I don't care. All I see is that we are all embeded on the same planet, and there is no more time enough to discuss that point. We need to deal altogether for the best, earth won't suffer any wasting time too long. Then who's the best, the smarter, the taller, the brigther ... the... the...., alors désolé mais on s'en fout, comme on dit en France,nous n'avons plus le temps de penser à ces conneries, le temps presse et nous n'en n'avons plus assez. Vivons ensemble, sur la même terre et comprenons que les concours de beauté entre nous sont superficiels et sans objet. See You (sorry for my English, I hope I've been well understood)
this is American Media, which controlled by the 1%. when the 1% want to invade a country, they first use meida to make americans believe the country is dangerous, second send their army to the country, third plunder anything they want in a so-called 'legal' way. by using this dirty trick, they successfully invaded Iraq, Lybia, and I believe they are planning invade another country.It's important to note that American ppl get nothing from this war but higher endless debt.
it could be true, china could be manipulating its currency rate but with a hefty price, they have to buy in bulk of usa bond every months. Fareed is bashing China and at the same time ignoring the fact that USA is no better either, USA has been abusing its currency status, they manipulated the world financial market, they used QE1&2 to benefit itself and harm others, etc.
apparently Fareed is a pro-india critics who share the common concept of value of the american leaders,To me there is no body who is just and righteous. China is terrible and so are USA, Russia, India, Burma, etc...
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