China taking over the world without military actions.

[barbara44]

In the 1980s and before, history recorded that China was one of the poorest countries, but now in just a few decades, China has become a country with a fairly strong economy and has become one of the strongest competitors of the US, having a major influence in almost every region.

That's because thanks to the United States' policy mistake of out-sourcing jobs and production to China, India, and other Asian countries.

We can't blame USA only because of how they moved manufacturing to China, it was also China that made that happen and a possibility. While it has caused many sweat shops, deaths, and poverty, it has moved it there with tears and blood but made it happen.

Basically, people who are living a better life in China today, can do that thanks to their parents working in terrible conditions. But China realized decades ago, if they ruin the lives of just a single generation and make them get all the jobs, then the future would be much better and they were right. It's difficult to make that decision, but they are getting the fruits of their labour now.

[Churchillvv]

I can’t disagree with you op but we can’t also say that china isn’t using millions might to take over some close countries but in terms of economic strength china is truly strategically ruling the world today, china has successfully put panic in the US economy when trump slammed the huge tariffs on them, their reaction was to expose the fact that all the goods and products that companies in the USA claims is their are produced in the china and sent to them to assemble making them claim they created the product that dropped the purchasing power in the US with this point I think I agree with you op.

[Wind_FURY]

It's actually VERY funny that some people in BitcoinTalk believe, or maybe they're merely saying it, that the time of the United States' role as the dominant super power "is over". But what is China doing? Because with their economic and military strength, they can't even invade Taiwan, nor can they stop the U.S. from attacking Venezuela and soon, Iran.

  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

No, nobody is saying that American dominance has ended. They remain the number one superpower and will maintain that position for several more decades. However, we should not deny that this dominance is being challenged by the rise of China and BRICS. The USD still dominates globally, but is gradually losing market share as the idea of ​​dedollarization become more widespread

I won't mention anyone's names, but there are people in BitcoinTalk who post that. It's laughable.

About China, and the BRICS - they could "challenge" the United States Dollar, BUT it's not currently a threat. If it starts becoming a threat, then I'll be the first to admit that. But RIGHT NOW, let's not spread bull-crap.

The world has changed, and use of military force and disregard for international law still help the US maintain its position. But in the long run, this only leads countries to seek way to reduce their dependence and look for alternatives.

The US is not the first and only superpower to dominate this world. They replaced the British Empire as the dominant world power after WW2. History has proven that no nation can maintain that forever. So, let's wait and see how long they can maintain that.

How many years, in your opinion, does the United States left as a "Dominant Super Power"?

[DrBeer]

China's strategy was very different; it lasted for many years, and they achieved what they wanted. I can say that they are currently the most powerful country in the world. And they didn't achieve this through military force alone. However, they are very strong militarily, and they excel in every industry and technology, and they also have a very large population.

I think their main achievement is production, because no country can compete with them in trade. They gained their current position entirely through trade, not military means.

It was like that until recently. The idea was to build a bridge between communism/socialism and capitalism. Deng Xiaoping had a wonderful idea, which he brought to life. The question is: what has the Chinese economy turned into now? Huge hidden state subsidies to its manufacturers so that they can compete unfairly in foreign markets? Usurpation of power and an attempt to “subjugate” private companies to state control? Internal competition and purges at the top?
 Confrontation with the West? It seems to me that this is not the best path Xi Jinping could have chosen, but... he did it and continues to play the “I am the new empire” game, with questionable processes inside and outside China.

[Wind_FURY]

Shower thought. We can't actually be sure if China can truly "take over" the world WITHOUT military action, BUT the surge on Silver might be one, of more actions, that they're attempting to make it hard for the United States and their allies to maintain their dominance?

There are reports that China has started to implement restrictions for foreign access of Chinese mined/refined Silver. I believe they're the largest exporter of this important industrial metal.