generic image
Processing...
  • Games
  • Catalog
  • Develop
  • Robux
  • Search in Players
  • Search in Games
  • Search in Catalog
  • Search in Groups
  • Search in Library
  • Log In
  • Sign Up
  • Games
  • Catalog
  • Develop
  • Robux
   
ROBLOX Forum » Club Houses » Global Chat
Home Search
 

Re: China as a Superpower

Previous Thread :: Next Thread 
Gasleaks is not online. Gasleaks
Joined: 25 Jan 2011
Total Posts: 4077
05 Jun 2013 12:21 PM
I think it's a nice balance to the USA's previous hegemony due to the ending of the Cold War. China's been one of (if not the) richest region on the Earth, and has been for thousands of years.

Now they have the relatively new doctrines of globalization, and stunning technological advances to reach beyond their trapping "Mao Dynasty" isolation.

I wouldn't mind, given as they're way more pacifist than the USA right now.
Report Abuse
DanBloxTheGreat is not online. DanBloxTheGreat
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Total Posts: 2029
05 Jun 2013 01:16 PM
What's happening in China is A LOT like the Stalinist Modernization of Russia.

So China will most likely become a military super-power as well, I won't say in the NEAR future, but it's not THAT far off.
Report Abuse
Tenal is not online. Tenal
Joined: 15 May 2011
Total Posts: 18684
05 Jun 2013 02:16 PM
Not under the communist regime.
Report Abuse
SSstar is not online. SSstar
Joined: 04 Aug 2008
Total Posts: 3640
05 Jun 2013 02:26 PM
@Tenal,
Recently the communist regime there has been giving people a few more freedoms. China is starting to shape up.
Report Abuse
DanBloxTheGreat is not online. DanBloxTheGreat
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Total Posts: 2029
05 Jun 2013 03:06 PM
China isn't really communist anymore, it's shifting to mixed economy
Report Abuse
MahPizzaIsHere is not online. MahPizzaIsHere
Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Total Posts: 7707
05 Jun 2013 04:03 PM
It was never communist.
Report Abuse
RubiksCubix is not online. RubiksCubix
Joined: 04 Dec 2009
Total Posts: 4243
05 Jun 2013 04:18 PM
Actually, between 1946-1952 a war went on between the Chinese Nationalist and the Communist party of China. The communists won, and took over China, initiating the 'great leap forward'.

The leader of Communist China was, obviously, Mao Zedong. Afterwards, the Chinese government was dominated by moderates.

China was not communist for very long, but they were communist for a short time.

Report Abuse
MahPizzaIsHere is not online. MahPizzaIsHere
Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Total Posts: 7707
05 Jun 2013 07:29 PM
If I'm not much mistaken, China has always maintained a State, money, and a class based social order in some capacity.

It's quite easy to determine Communist nations. China was not, is not, and likely will never be one of them.
Report Abuse
RubiksCubix is not online. RubiksCubix
Joined: 04 Dec 2009
Total Posts: 4243
05 Jun 2013 08:02 PM
Well, by the ideological definition, you are correct, they have never been communist.
Report Abuse
MahPizzaIsHere is not online. MahPizzaIsHere
Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Total Posts: 7707
05 Jun 2013 08:57 PM
However, I will not disagree with the fact that the Chinese have repeatedly and vehemently asserted that their communist state is, in fact, well and truly communist.

Unfortunately, the honorable chairman's dictatorship of the proletariat only succeeded in the former.
Report Abuse
Paddythepirate is not online. Paddythepirate
Joined: 03 Mar 2010
Total Posts: 644
06 Jun 2013 12:26 PM
They're not a dictatorship (10 years max reign is far from it)

They're more capitalist than the USA right now (however I recently heard they allowed labor unions, which is a serious downturn)

They're way more responsible with their power than we are. They don't go around invading and launching sanctions on every other desert north-west of Saudi Arabia.

And at the moment, they're way closer to a mixed economy rather than being fully centralized and subsidized. It's actually very similar to how the USA economy is structured
Report Abuse
MahPizzaIsHere is not online. MahPizzaIsHere
Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Total Posts: 7707
06 Jun 2013 01:09 PM
They're more capitalist than the USA right now

____

I'm sure you're familiar with Heritage Foundation's economic freedom rankings. They're very thorough.

If you are, in fact, familiar with the list, then you've also realized how abjectly wrong you are.
Report Abuse
tankgunner is not online. tankgunner
Joined: 10 Jan 2010
Total Posts: 1556
06 Jun 2013 02:45 PM
@Gasleak, China is a super power you idiot they practically own the United states since all the debt we owe them.
Report Abuse
MahPizzaIsHere is not online. MahPizzaIsHere
Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Total Posts: 7707
06 Jun 2013 02:57 PM
International financial prerogatives would suggest that public debt owed to non-US entities (roughly 30%) is not a liability.
Report Abuse
tankgunner is not online. tankgunner
Joined: 10 Jan 2010
Total Posts: 1556
06 Jun 2013 03:01 PM
If the US started to drill for oil in Texas and stuff gas prices would drop to a dollar a gallon making us more rich instead of buying from the Arabs.
Report Abuse
MahPizzaIsHere is not online. MahPizzaIsHere
Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Total Posts: 7707
06 Jun 2013 03:05 PM
The price of oil is determined by a global market.
Report Abuse
tankgunner is not online. tankgunner
Joined: 10 Jan 2010
Total Posts: 1556
06 Jun 2013 03:08 PM
Yes but i was talking about gasoline.
Report Abuse
MahPizzaIsHere is not online. MahPizzaIsHere
Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Total Posts: 7707
06 Jun 2013 03:09 PM
...the price of gasoline which is determined primarily by the world price of crude, but also by regional refining capabilities.

Sticking a straw in Texas would do nothing to solve energy prices.
Report Abuse
tankgunner is not online. tankgunner
Joined: 10 Jan 2010
Total Posts: 1556
06 Jun 2013 03:12 PM
[ Content Deleted ]
Report Abuse
MahPizzaIsHere is not online. MahPizzaIsHere
Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Total Posts: 7707
06 Jun 2013 04:05 PM
[ Content Deleted ]
Report Abuse
tankgunner is not online. tankgunner
Joined: 10 Jan 2010
Total Posts: 1556
06 Jun 2013 04:09 PM
[ Content Deleted ]
Report Abuse
MahPizzaIsHere is not online. MahPizzaIsHere
Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Total Posts: 7707
06 Jun 2013 04:48 PM
I don't know what your point is.
Report Abuse
SileeBabookh is not online. SileeBabookh
Joined: 29 Dec 2012
Total Posts: 1006
06 Jun 2013 05:02 PM
If the US started to drill for oil in Texas and stuff gas prices would drop to a dollar a gallon making us more rich instead of buying from the Arabs.
---
I would say America only gets around 10%(ish) of its oil from Arabian countries most of it actually from Canada and I have to agree with Pizza about the Texas part
Report Abuse
MahPizzaIsHere is not online. MahPizzaIsHere
Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Total Posts: 7707
06 Jun 2013 05:40 PM
Just for fun, I looked up the information. You're basically correct about Canada:

The United States imports ~58% of its oil,
11% from Canada
11% from Mexico (interesting)
9% from Saudi Arabia
8% from Venezuela
7% from Nigeria
4% from Iraq
8% from 25 other countries

Source: US Department of Energy via infoplease.com.
Report Abuse
Tenal is not online. Tenal
Joined: 15 May 2011
Total Posts: 18684
06 Jun 2013 05:45 PM
isnt there a lot of oil in alaska
Report Abuse
Previous Thread :: Next Thread 
Page 1 of 1
 
 
ROBLOX Forum » Club Houses » Global Chat
   
 
   
  • About Us
  • Jobs
  • Blog
  • Parents
  • Help
  • Terms
  • Privacy

©2017 Roblox Corporation. Roblox, the Roblox logo, Robux, Bloxy, and Powering Imagination are among our registered and unregistered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries.



Progress
Starting Roblox...
Connecting to Players...
R R

Roblox is now loading. Get ready to play!

R R

You're moments away from getting into the game!

Click here for help

Check Remember my choice and click Launch Application in the dialog box above to join games faster in the future!

Gameplay sponsored by:
Loading 0% - Starting game...
Get more with Builders Club! Join Builders Club
Choose Your Avatar
I have an account
generic image