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Crazy economic growth of China
relic2279:
--- Quote from: darkjedi on July 13, 2009, 09:33:02 AM ---Nah. I accept that neither China nor Japan nor India nor South Korea nor Russia nor anyone who's not U.S. are superpowers
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Japan's economy is larger than China's by GDP and they're not considered a super power. It takes more then a robust economy to be considered that class of country. Do they have the potential to become a super power in the next 50-100 years? Sure.
But if they keep doing shady things like manipulating their own currency value, it won't happen sooner then later.
darkjedi:
--- Quote from: relic2279 on July 13, 2009, 09:46:57 AM ---Japan's economy is larger than China's by GDP and they're not considered a super power.
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I know Japan is not a full superpower, and neither is China. (I just said that lol) But say that they're not an economic superpower in some random university's political discussion forum occupied by economists and political scientists, and you'll be branded as a racist and a simpleton.
And China's PPP greater, and that's what matters more in world economy. Lower nominal GDP only means that China can spare less money for local expenditures but since it has greater PPP its influence in the global market is greater than Japan's.
--- Quote from: relic2279 on July 13, 2009, 09:46:57 AM ---It takes more then a robust economy to be considered that class of country.
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Which kind of country, economic superpower?
Morgia:
--- Quote from: darkjedi on July 13, 2009, 09:33:02 AM ---About the European culture: Aside from a few countries who survived the World War II on their own (Britain, France, Sweden, Spain, etc.) most Europe countries are copycats of either U.S. or Soviets with a few individual differences. That's what someone I trust who went to work in Europe and U.S. and Russia few years ago has described to me. I myself hadn't been there yet.
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that just made me facepalm... you *do* realize that US "culture" is a copy of European culture and not the other way around... and that "soviet" culture is basically Russia... and russian culture is a largely christian-based european culture as well???
Please note: I am talking about CULTURE here... not brandmarks and trends swapping over somewhere...
(btw: if you were talking about brands and the like...you wouldn't be able to deny a german global influence at all... just think about german cars, customer goods, power tools and other stuff)
Ah btw: South Koreans obviously think their country has a higher international influence in every aspect than the numbers can prove just because it has stirred some attention in the last few months by being threatened by NK...
imo: just let North Korea blow them away... since they're highly overpopulated anyway I guess they would do the world a favor :P
darkjedi:
--- Quote from: Morgia on July 13, 2009, 10:18:23 AM ---that just made me facepalm... you *do* realize that US "culture" is a copy of European culture and not the other way around... and that "soviet" culture is basically Russia... and russian culture is a largely christian-based european culture as well???
Please note: I am talking about CULTURE here... not brandmarks and trends swapping over somewhere...
(btw: if you were talking about brands and the like...you wouldn't be able to deny a german global influence at all... just think about german cars, customer goods, power tools and other stuff)
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Mm, yes, I guess I was a bit too narrow minded. But I still think Germany's still got a lot of cultural influence from U.S. and Soviet during its occupation. Didn't you think so when you were younger?
Lol, I get it now. the U.S. and Soviets were the copycats of European culture and they just gave it back to Germany, right?
--- Quote from: Morgia on July 13, 2009, 10:18:23 AM ---Ah btw: South Koreans obviously think their country has a higher international influence in every aspect than the numbers can prove just because it has stirred some attention in the last few months by being threatened by NK...
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Lol yeah, I kinda think they are some sort of masochists too. The government's been a bit too cocky about turning SK into an 'economic superpower' from a third world country in less than a decade in the 21st century (I was born when SK was a piece of shit third world) and has ordered the current generations to do whatever the government says, e.g. like clean kitchen sinks or throw yourself in front of tanks and artillery guns armed with nothing but M16 while 1 trillion USD budget is rotting in corruption, but I just want to believe that the government's saying the truth when they say SK's an economic superpower because I hope that will make life easier when I grow older.
--- Quote from: Morgia on July 13, 2009, 10:18:23 AM ---imo: just let North Korea blow them away... since they're highly overpopulated anyway I guess they would do the world a favor :P
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I don't want my mom to die, and that's enough reason for me to hope differently. I hope SK becomes a superpower (if it isn't yet) not a pile of ash.
Fixed the first quotation. Read again Morgia. :P
relic2279:
--- Quote from: darkjedi on July 13, 2009, 09:59:06 AM ---Which kind of country, economic superpower?
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Yeah. The manipulating/manipulation of their own yuan dirties any credibility they have. People have been speculating about it for decades. Until they reign it in, they won't be the economic superpower you think them to be.
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