Dr. Sheng Lijun of Singapore’s Institute of Southeast Asian Studies argues China lacks the definition of superpowerdom. It does not create technology, which defines a superpower.
He said given time, China will change since it invented printing and gunpowder -- arguably two of the most influential inventions of all time.
On the other hand, Don Koenig’s “China the Sleeping Giant Awakes with Many Surplus Men,” dismisses these claims and says that China believes it is her destiny to become the world superpower that dominates all of Southeast Asia.
Because of its one-child policy, China will have produced 50 to 100 million surplus males of military age by 2035. The surplus of men in China, India, and Pakistan means that many males will never have the possibility of having a family of their own. The civil disruptions caused by this will make its leaders more than willing to sacrifice these males in war to achieve military objectives.
It’s an imbalance that some believe will have dire consequences for the future. Well aware of the problem, Chinese leaders relaxed the one-child policy and banned doctors from revealing the sex of a fetus.
It looks essential for China that she be successful in stopping this birth imbalance. The official Chinese policy says that this gender imbalance in births would be stopped by 2010 AD, but it is now 2014 and the goal has yet to be attained. If China and India are successful in stopping the birth imbalance in the near future, the surplus men of fighting age will peak about 2035, Koenig says.“China the sleeping giant awakes in this generation and is on a military and economic course that will make her a world superpower by 2020,” Koenig’s predicts. Relations between China and the West are deteriorating, as Japan, the Philippines, and other Asian allies fight claims over the South China Sea. He said that according to a 2000 CIA report, the military- fit males in China now exceed 200 million. China’s one-child policy will have created surplus of at least 50 million men by 2035.
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