| − | '''China''' is the world's largest country by population, currently a totalitarian [[communist]] [[one-party state]].<ref>Gallagher, Mike (November 7, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/469429-seeking-truth-from-facts-on-china Seeking truth from facts on China]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 7, 2019.</ref> With thousands of years of continuous traditions, in three decades it has dramatically changed itself from a poor backward nation to a world power and is one of the world's top economies, second only to the [[United States]]. | + | '''China''' is the world's second largest country by population,<ref>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/video/governance/india-surpasses-china-to-become-most-populous-country-in-the-world-87257#:~:text=According%20to%20projections%20by%20the,now%20stands%20at%201.41%20billion.</ref> currently a totalitarian [[communist]] [[one-party state]].<ref>Gallagher, Mike (November 7, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/469429-seeking-truth-from-facts-on-china Seeking truth from facts on China]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 7, 2019.</ref> With thousands of years of continuous traditions, in three decades it has dramatically changed itself from a poor backward nation to a world power and is one of the world's top economies, second only to the [[United States]]. |
| | However, a number of leading geopolitical analysts are skeptical about China remaining a global power as is faces a number of serious intractable problems (See: [[Skepticism about China remaining a global power]]). The American geopolitical analyst and author [[Peter Zeihan]] said in 2022, "I do not worry about China at all... I don't think that there is going to be a China for much longer."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKFsn8xwQSw Energy at the End of the World | Part 4 | Demographics | Peter Zeihan]</ref> On December 22, 2022, ''Foreign Affairs'' magazine noted in their article ''China’s Dangerous Decline'' "...China is teetering on the edge of a cliff. Ten years of [[Xi Jinping|Xi]]’s “reforms” — widely characterized in the West as successful power plays—have made the country frail and brittle, exacerbating its underlying problems while giving rise to new ones. ...a growing number of Western [[neoconservative]] analysts—including Michael Beckley, Jude Blanchette, Hal Brands, [[Robert Kaplan]], Susan Shirk, and [[Fareed Zakaria]]—have begun to highlight this reality..."<ref>[https://archive.md/hEgDs China's dangerous decline], ''Foreign Affairs'' magazine, December 22, 2022</ref> | | However, a number of leading geopolitical analysts are skeptical about China remaining a global power as is faces a number of serious intractable problems (See: [[Skepticism about China remaining a global power]]). The American geopolitical analyst and author [[Peter Zeihan]] said in 2022, "I do not worry about China at all... I don't think that there is going to be a China for much longer."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKFsn8xwQSw Energy at the End of the World | Part 4 | Demographics | Peter Zeihan]</ref> On December 22, 2022, ''Foreign Affairs'' magazine noted in their article ''China’s Dangerous Decline'' "...China is teetering on the edge of a cliff. Ten years of [[Xi Jinping|Xi]]’s “reforms” — widely characterized in the West as successful power plays—have made the country frail and brittle, exacerbating its underlying problems while giving rise to new ones. ...a growing number of Western [[neoconservative]] analysts—including Michael Beckley, Jude Blanchette, Hal Brands, [[Robert Kaplan]], Susan Shirk, and [[Fareed Zakaria]]—have begun to highlight this reality..."<ref>[https://archive.md/hEgDs China's dangerous decline], ''Foreign Affairs'' magazine, December 22, 2022</ref> |