The next superpower?

[Sedikal]

Why can't I show you?
China has a major economic foothold in this world. More so than America does, even.
America owes more money to China than any other country owes anyone else.
I'll drop this here, and this here.

I asked for sources explaining how China is currently classed as a Superpower, not how it is rapidly becoming one.

Try harder.

It's still better then your Wikipedia sources buddy.

[Harkonna]

Find me a quote that isn't from wikipedia, and maybe I will stop laughing. No promises, though.

Just because your Gr. 12 teacher lies and tells you wikipedia isn't reliable 'cause they have to deal with little shits copy-pasting, doesn't mean it isn't.

[Maltropia]

Find me a quote that isn't from wikipedia, and maybe I will stop laughing. No promises, though.

Just because your Gr. 12 teacher lies and tells you wikipedia isn't reliable 'cause they have to deal with little shits copy-pasting, doesn't mean it isn't.

Wikipedia isn't a source in and of itself.

[Jinwoy]

Find me a quote that isn't from wikipedia, and maybe I will stop laughing. No promises, though.

Just because your Gr. 12 teacher lies and tells you wikipedia isn't reliable 'cause they have to deal with little shits copy-pasting, doesn't mean it isn't.

No, I personally find wikipedia unsuitable for information fetching because Wikipedia isn't official.
Anyone can say anything on wikipedia, all they have to do is link something to the source.
Over half the time, the source isn't reliable.
That's why I don't count his wikipedia links.

[Sedikal]

Find me a quote that isn't from wikipedia, and maybe I will stop laughing. No promises, though.

Just because your Gr. 12 teacher lies and tells you wikipedia isn't reliable 'cause they have to deal with little shits copy-pasting, doesn't mean it isn't.

It's not that. It's the fact that anyone with an account can change a page content. Even with there moderators and such is still unreliable.

[Jinwoy]

This thread is de-railing.
Please, no one mention wikipedia and how reliable of a source it is.

[Nationalist State of Knox]

I asked for sources explaining how China is currently classed as a Superpower, not how it is rapidly becoming one.

Try harder.

Anything for you.
Anything is better than your wikipedia link.
Merry Christmas.

*Opens link*

"A remarkable 44% of Americans believe"

Why do I have bad feelings about this article?

*reads*
Ah yes, an article explaining how China is a major economic power, and how the author believes that it is a superpower, but still not providing any information as to whether it is officially classed as one, which it isn't.

I don't care about how it could/should be classed as one, but unless you show me that China is officially classed as a Superpower, we're done here.

[Hippostania]

None. The US is here to stay.

[Jinwoy]

Anything for you.
Anything is better than your wikipedia link.
Merry Christmas.

*Opens link*

"A remarkable 44% of Americans believe"

Why do I have bad feelings about this article?

*reads*
Ah yes, an article explaining how China is a major economic power, and how the author believes that it is a superpower, but still not providing any information as to whether it is officially classed as one, which it isn't.

I don't care about how it could/should be classed as one, but unless you show me that China is officially classed as a Superpower, we're done here.

Excuse me?
You never gave me a official statement that China isn't one.
Only something from wikipedia.

[Sedikal]

Anything for you.
Anything is better than your wikipedia link.
Merry Christmas.

*Opens link*

"A remarkable 44% of Americans believe"

Why do I have bad feelings about this article?

*reads*

Ah yes, an article explaining how China is a major economic power, and how the author believes that it is a superpower, but still not providing any information as to whether it is officially classed as one, which it isn't.

I don't care about how it could/should be classed as one, but unless you show me that China is officially classed as a Superpower, we're done here.

I like how you criticize his sources but yet you Havnt givent a rilible one yet were as he had given 3 by my count. So far he has more prove to suport his cause then you do.

[Jinwoy]

None. The US is here to stay.

LOL!

[Sedikal]

*Opens link*

Why do I have bad feelings about this article?

*reads*
Ah yes, an article explaining how China is a major economic power, and how the author believes that it is a superpower, but still not providing any information as to whether it is officially classed as one, which it isn't.

I don't care about how it could/should be classed as one, but unless you show me that China is officially classed as a Superpower, we're done here.

Excuse me?
You never gave me a official statement that China isn't one.
Only something from wikipedia.

God damnit jinwoy you keep posting before me

[Phaedrus Imperator]

Laser eyes. China.

[Marcurix]

China is the most likely next choice, as others have said. It is closest to that position, but not one as of yet. India, Brazil, the EU and Russia are also possibilities.

[Sedikal]

None. The US is here to stay.

LOL!

I wouldn't disregard his claim so easily

[Jinwoy]

Excuse me?
You never gave me a official statement that China isn't one.
Only something from wikipedia.

God damnit jinwoy you keep posting before me

Forgive my speed typing, I just finished a pot of coffee. xP

[Nationalist State of Knox]

*Opens link*

Why do I have bad feelings about this article?

*reads*
Ah yes, an article explaining how China is a major economic power, and how the author believes that it is a superpower, but still not providing any information as to whether it is officially classed as one, which it isn't.

I don't care about how it could/should be classed as one, but unless you show me that China is officially classed as a Superpower, we're done here.

Excuse me?
You never gave me a official statement that China isn't one.
Only something from wikipedia.

If you have an issue with the Wikipedia source, then why don't you check the long list of citations and references at the bottom of the page. The fact of the matter is, I'll take an encyclopaedia with a full list of citations over an opinion-based news article any day.

[Jinwoy]

LOL!

I wouldn't disregard his claim so easily

True.
The person who predicted the fall of the US is Russian.
He also predicted the fall of the USSR, but it happened later than he predicted.
At some point, something is going to rock the US, and drive it straight off a cliff.

[Of the Quendi]

China.

^this. Also im not sure what good all the nations of the EU would do if they merged together. Since they all share a common currency the only thing I can see coming from it is the combonation of all of the member nations debt. But then again in not an economist.

The combined EU debt is lower than that of the US. Would you say that the US can do no good?

[Jinwoy]

Excuse me?
You never gave me a official statement that China isn't one.
Only something from wikipedia.

If you have an issue with the Wikipedia source, then why don't you check the long list of citations and references at the bottom of the page. The fact of the matter is, I'll take an encyclopaedia with a full list of citations over an opinion-based news article any day.

That's the thing with wikipedia.
The citations can lead to a page with one sentence that merely mentions the thingputforward (couldn't think of the word. xP) and it automatically becomes a validated source.
Also, the citations appear to be opinions from other people, like my sources.

[Sedikal]

Excuse me?
You never gave me a official statement that China isn't one.
Only something from wikipedia.

If you have an issue with the Wikipedia source, then why don't you check the long list of citations and references at the bottom of the page. The fact of the matter is, I'll take an encyclopaedia with a full list of citations over an opinion-based news article any day.

Most articles (I try to use) are based on the oppinion of an expert in his field and not sevral conflicting reports pasted together by anyone with an account.

[Baiynistan]

Probably India or that Norse Union there is a buzz about recently.

I wouldn't refer to China as a super-power, personally. There system is quite fragile, they may be sprinting forward in terms of economic progress, but sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference between running vigorously and falling forwards uncontrollably. One slip and their state capitalism could face-plant.

[Glorious Brittania]

I think telepathy would be pretty awesome

[The New Lowlands]

India.
Rising labour costs in China will probably have a very severe effect on their economic supremacy, and I've read that India's population is set to overtake China's.
We'll know when they try to liberate Tibet.

[Nationalist State of Knox]

If you have an issue with the Wikipedia source, then why don't you check the long list of citations and references at the bottom of the page. The fact of the matter is, I'll take an encyclopaedia with a full list of citations over an opinion-based news article any day.

That's the thing with wikipedia.
The citations can lead to a page with one sentence that merely mentions the thingputforward (couldn't think of the word. xP) and it automatically becomes a validated source.
Also, the citations appear to be opinions from other people, like my sources.

And the moral of the story is: don't trust anything you read, because it is all based on some form of opinion.