new user, good points. To underestimate China's strength will be a colossal error of judgement from the part of analysts of international affairs. Agreed. In the end of the 80's and the Tiananmen(spellin?) square incident, did anyone think that China would grow this rapidly? Not many people thought about this except for Deng Xiaoping. Read his Martial Law declaration speech. One of the raesons the Tiananmen happened was that the state wanted to carry on with the economic reforms. China will not only supercede the US economically but militarily and polictically in few decades thats for sure. No one can predict the future, but I think it's very unlikely that China will supercede the US that easily.. or within a matter of few deceades. Its going to take much longer. Now China is focussed in the development of infrastructures and give the country a modern look. Once this is completed, it will start to show its military capabilities. You are right but by the tim China starts tos how its defense capabilities, the US and Russia will have even better capabilities. So your argument is flawed: The US and Russia will not just say, we have had enough of defense capabilkities, let's justs top.. no way. They will keep on inventing new devices and improving the old ones. Japan will one day think that China is near to it in cultural and civilizational terms and turn its back to US and join hands with China. Not necessarily. Japan and China have a very troubled past. If it happens, its good. But as far as I can see, its going to take much longer than you think. Also will Japan want another major player in Asia which will undermine its strength? No. Japan will do whatever it can to stop China from becoming a major player, which in turn will lead to more political and social problems. ehh he j payo tei. akhir ma pani kaha kam chhu ra chaina bro, kaam chaina.. badhi nai cha..:-) jawos, yahako aru idea pani jawos. so that we all can benifit from each other's ideas. let's help each other learn.. ora s the Chinese would say, huxiang bangzhu ba!