EOShanghai: China Rivalry? Pffffft!

Prior to moving to China I’d often hear talking heads fret about the USA losing its status as a superpower to the economic juggernaut that is modern China. “China will own us!” they’d shout, pounding on their newsdesk, inciting fear of our supposed new Chinese overlords. As Bill the Cat would say, “Pffffft!” Granted, I’ve only been in China for 2 1/2 months and I’ve only been to Shanghai and Beijing, so there is still a lot of country I have not seen and there are quite a few of the 1.6 billion Chinese citizens that I haven’t met, but…. based upon my experience so far, China has a long way to go before they could ever hope to pass the USA in military, economic or diplomatic power. If they even want to/ Thom George , Eye on Shanghai. More here. (Thom George photo of adjoining meat markets in Shanghai)

Question: Do you fear China’s rising power?