Western countries should allow eastern countries to become the "superpowers"

Apologies but this round will be shorter than I had anticipated due to a lack of time. I want to bring up three points; work ethic, environment and economy. We know intrinsically that those in eastern countries especially China, challenger of the US, are brought up in a society that is framed around a strong work ethic. Many western countries are now failing to meet the same standard. Countries in the west are feeling the bite of many problems at the moment, a struggling economy, a decreasing amount of fuel, environmental issue and political swings and round abouts. By allowing the west to assume the role of the superpowers, which is more than likely going to happen anyway we allow this work ethic to become the driving force leading us through these problems. The west is clinging on out of glory rather than anything seriously substantial. The east however is improving with China being the main example. They're economy is getting stronger while ours is being taken on a roller coaster ride. By allowing this strength to stabilise the global market we have a chance to improve our own economy helping us be better equipped to deal with the dilemma's we face. I also believe that it might improve our own work ethic too. As I said the west is clinging on because of glory. We are still powerful enough to improve if we have the will to do so. If the east become the "superpowers" we would have a far tastier target that we can only achieve by hard work. I want to bring up eastern advances in areas such as solar power. "China has become a world leader in the manufacture of solar photovoltaic technology, with its six biggest solar companies having a combined value of over $15 billion. Around 820 MW of solar PV were produced in China in 2007, second only to Japan.[20] Following the new incentive scheme of Golden Sun announced by the government in 2009, there are numerous recent developments and plans announced by industry players that became part of the milestones for solar industry and technology development in China, such as new thin film solar plant developed by Anwell Technologies in Henan province using its own proprietary solar technology, the agreement signed by LDK for a 500 MW solar project and the solar power plant project in a desert teamed up with First Solar and Ordos City. The effort to drive the renewable energy use in China was further assured after the speech of the Chinese President given at the UN climate summit on 22 September 2009 in New York, pledging that China will adopt plans targeting to use 15% of its energy from renewable sources within a decade." [1] These types of technologies are highly valuable because of the environmental problems and lack of fuel that the world is facing and Eastern countries are fast becoming world leaders in these types of technologies. Many big brands that western countries take for guaranteed are based in Asia as shown from the extract below. "Korea is the home to Samsung, LG, Hyundai, and other notable technology-driven firms. Phillips, the major European consumer electronics firm, could enter the flat panel TV market only through a joint venture with LG. Taiwan is the base for Acer, which recently acquired Gateway, a major U.S. computer company. Four decades ago, Samsung, LG, and Hyundai were small firms. Acer, Logitech, and other large Taiwanese high-tech firms did not exist. Newer industrializing nations such as China and India are also improving their technological base. China is home to Lenovo, the largest laptop manufacturer in Asia, which now owns IBM's former laptop division, and India possesses a thriving software industry. Egypt, the most industrially developed Arab economy, exports largely simple textiles and clothing." I would also urge my opponent and any other readers to check out table 4 on the website: https://www.uschina.org... China's trade is increasing every year and with the advancements they are making in science and technology they are in the best position to take over as the world super powers. They are more equipped to lead the world through these new troubles and the west should let it happen because it has bennifits for us too. Again I'm sorry for this rushed post and look forward to new developments from my opponent. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org... [2] http://www.issues.org...