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*The level of contradiction between this page and the China page is pretty jarring so I understand that. But IMO, the projection of power is everything if one wants to become a superpower. To the above post, trying to use GDP PPP per capita as a measurement is....shall I say a very poor argument. Case in point, Qatar has twice the per capita of the US in terms of PPP, but no one with a brain considers Qatar an economic powerhouse. As it is stated, projection of power is everything, if you fail to project power than you only risk revealing major weakness in your suppose influence. You can have all the money you have in the world, but if you can't project power than you are nothing. The UK stopped being a superpower after the Suez Canal Crisis exemplified the impotence of British influence in Egypt due to the arrival of US economic influence and Soviet political influence. To the anon's link, the Lowy Institute is a pretty fun source to read, however I find it ''too'' regional and too broad on their power rankings. Case in point, the Lowy Institute never goes into detail on the enforcement/scale of the BRI nor Chinese economic influence in Europe, Africa and Latin America. I consider China an economic and technological superpower, although it is politically insular in contrast to US democracy promotion. China will become a military superpower as early as 2025 and will be an equal to the US military at that time. By 2025, the [[String of Pearls]] in conjunction with China's two nuclear powered aircraft carriers would effectively police the entire Indian Ocean, containing India and safeguard China's maritime trade routes. By 2025, the PLAN would be able to effectively dominate the SCS and East China Sea, whatever US presence there would be nothing more than symbolic rhetoric. By 2025, China should have - if Russia allows it - security dominance in Central Asia to protect the BRI as well as a significant naval presence in the Arctic. Essentially speaking, I consider China today in the same way as the USSR was in 1949, newly emerged superpowers with room to grow. If China controls Eurasia and Africa through economic and/or military force, China effectively rules the world as dictated by the laws of Geopolitics.[[Special:Contributions/175.38.205.33|175.38.205.33]] ([[User talk:175.38.205.33|talk]]) 14:42, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
Projections are forecast, nothing else. Many times studies about projections are payed by the seame political entities that publish it. japan should have become a suoperpower. China has too low HDI and so low attractive position. Its net national wealth is much less less the 50% of US or EU. China is neither a "full great" power because of this. It's difficult to find a full great power , so a real superpower today, even US population is too low. US and EU for different reasons are at the same level. May be EU is a "primus inter pares" holding a low profile.[[User:33Hudsonbay33|33Hudsonbay33]] ([[User talk:33Hudsonbay33|talk]]) 02:55, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
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