This Century will be China's Century

I. EconomyOne of the biggest reasons China's economy looks so good is because they manipulate their currency downwards so that it is weak. A weak currency is appealing to outside investment. My opponent likes to throw out a lot of fancy numbers that include a lot of vague stats and percentages but let's look at the actual hard numbers.Percentages are misleading because if I produce one car today and tomorrow I produce five cars I have increased my car production by 500%. I can now say "I increased production 500%!" and I look amazing. However, I have still only produced five cars. i. GDPThe GDP of the United States, the world's current largest economy, is roughly $15 trillion. [1] The GDP of China who you claim to have surpassed the United States economically is only $7.3 trillion. [1] The Chinese economy is less than half of that of the US economy. You can throw around fancy percentages all you like but the facts show that China's economy is currently smaller than the US economy and will continue to be that way. Even if it continues to grow 10% annually it will take years and years to even catch up to the US economy yet you claim that it is some how dominant and has been dominant since 2000. ii. ContinuityAccording to one source the Chinese economic machine is going to slow down to normal levels very soon due to a few factors. Because the Chinese manipulate their currency they struggle with inflation of over 6% a year. This is huge for a country. This inflation will continue to hurt the country in the long run. Also, Chinese wages are rising which makes their country less appealing for manufacturing. By 2015 jobs will start coming back to the US because of inflation and higher wages. [2] Also, despite China's best efforts the Yuan continues to rise in value which makes exporting more and more difficult to do which will add to the prediction that China will start to lose economic steam in the near future.My opponent has shown how China is a rising economic power and even a strong formidable economic power but has in no way shown how China is the current economic leader and how they will continue to hold this precarious position until the year 2099. By my sources, China is not the current economic leader and will actually begin to lose steam by 2015, not 2100.II. MilitaryThe United States is the current global military power. [3] The United States outnumbers China in the number of naval units, air units and strategic weapons by vast amounts. [4][5]The size of one's army isn't the only factor in military strength. China has a single aircraft carrier, we have 11. China has 25 destroyers, we have 59. Army size is a factor but equipment is another and the US still vastly outnumbers Chinese military equipment. Also, the technology you cited (stealth jets and anti-aircraft carrier missiles) have already been developed and used by the United States.Again, you have failed to show how China has outpaced the United States (the current military leader) militarily and how they will continue to do so in the future.III. PoliticsChina has been a member of the UN Security Council since 1946 at it's founding but has only used it's veto power 6 times. [6] The United States however has used it's veto power 82 times, Russia has used it's veto power 123 times. [6] So China's feat of vetoing a UN resolution really isn't impressive at all.Also, the United States currently gives billions of dollars in foreign aid to 24 countries. [7] They're still the leader in the world in foreign aid and are a huge member of the UN Security Council outstripping Chinese vetoes 13 to 1.IV. Culture My opponents numbers are skewed. The numbers about food consumption and language are misleading because China has the largest global population so obviously a lot of people speak Chinese and eat Chinese food.I want to point out that the largest cultural engine in the world right now is the Internet. The Internet is a US invention and is mainly run and maintained by US websites. Disney has popped up in China in Hong Kong. McDonalds is in China.Apple products are in China. Cultural diffusion is a part of globalization but Chinese culture is not the dominant culture in the world. US culture is. 50,000 kids learn Mandarin here in the US but there are 10,000,000 English speakers in China. [8]V. ConclusionMy opponent has shown good facts and reasoning as to why China should be considered an up and coming power (transitioning from a Developing Nation to a Developed Nation) but has not provided enough information to have China be classified as the global power. The BOP established in the first round says Pro must show how China dominates all of the named spheres and has been dominant since 2000. I have clearly shown that they have not been dominant since 2000 and are not dominant now and will not be dominant until 2100. Thank you.[1] http://en.wikipedia.org...(nominal)[2] http://moneymorning.com...[3] http://www.globalfirepower.com...[4] http://www.globalfirepower.com...[5] http://www.globalfirepower.com...[6] http://en.wikipedia.org...[7] http://en.wikipedia.org...[8] http://en.wikipedia.org...