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A potential superpower is a sovereign state or other polity that is speculated to be or have the potential to become a superpower; a sovereign state or supranational union that holds a dominant position characterized by the ability to exert influence and project power on a global scale through economic, military, technological, political, and/or cultural means.
God pity us if she wakes. Let her sleep!’ The commonest figure of speech concerning the Empire has been that of a sleeping giant: ‘the awakening of China’ is a stereotyped phrase." [10] 1927: "China’s asleep. Let her sleep. When she awakes, she’ll shake the world" [11] The cover of Time magazine (1 December 1958) says "Let China sleep ...
Probably going to be bigger than that," DeVore said Sunday. "The Chinese Navy, not by tonnage, but by numbers is now larger than the U.S. Navy. China has something like 250 times the ship building ...
China's military expenditure was US$296 billion in 2023, accounting for 12 percent of the world's defence expenditures. It is also one of the fastest modernizing militaries in the world, and has been termed as a potential military superpower, with significant regional defence and rising global power projection capabilities. [11] [12]: 259
The congressionally mandated report, which looks at China’s military efforts through 2023, said a wave of senior-level corruption last year may have disrupted the 2027 modernization goals of the…
The US says China is building a wide range of launch methods too. China has been fielding over 600 operational nuclear warheads since mid-2024, up from about 500 last year, according to an ...
The phrase became a meme and caused an outcry on the Internet and led to serious soul-searching about materialism in early 21st-century Chinese society. Jia Junpeng – a post on the Baidu Tieba World of Warcraft forum which attracted more than 400,000 viewers and 17,000 replies, despite only consisting of the text "Jia Junpeng, your mother is ...
China is developing military space gear at a "mind-boggling" pace, according to the US Space Force chief. ... who has frequently expressed his desire for China to be a "space power in all respects."