China as an Emerging Superpower
By: Jawad Masood
Tags: USA, Asia, Politics, China, Foreign Policy

China is competing with America in many ways, now there is no more confusion to accept this because everyone is observing Chinese progress towards becoming a superpower. China you know is an economically strong country and China is trying to further strengthen its economy that is why China is expanding its trade with the world.

America does not like it very much because America wants to remain alone as a superpower.

Asian’s Point of View

You have heard about the (BRI) Belt and Road Initiative of China, many countries are part of this project, you can see the details of this initiative on the link given below:

This initiative can make a huge difference in world order most probably in favor of China and partner countries. Mostly Asian countries see China as an ally, Chinese investment in developing countries seemed to be beneficial till today for these countries.

Comparing China with America, you can see a major difference in American and Chinese foreign policies, China is not involved in bombing other countries as America does; America is killing innocent people directly or indirectly.

Once I saw a comment on a random Facebook post, the person was saying that China is building or constructing something, at least China is not destroying the world or killing people as America does.

Asian people have a good option to see China as a Superpower because they are fed up with American foreign policies.

American’s Point of View

On the other hand, America is telling the world that China is trying to dominate the world by trapping developing countries and that is why America is warning these countries that it will be not good for their own sovereignty in the near future.

China has signed many MOUs with different countries and China is investing a lot in partner countries but these countries will have to pay back some money to China in the future and if these countries will fail to do so, it will have serious consequences. You can see the example of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka has handed over one of his ports and some land to China for a specified period. You can get further details on The New York Times site below:

In the history of the subcontinent, the British had arrived in the subcontinent for the sake of trade and at last, they ended up, ruling the subcontinent. You can relate this with China, China wants to become an economically strong country but maybe in the future China will want to control other countries.

Conclusion

In my opinion, although China is popular in Asia and is not interfering with other country’s internal matters like America does or Russia did in the past, however, Asian countries especially partner countries should not blindly trust China.

Summing up the whole discussion, countries which are close to China in trade, politics, or whatever should not blindly trust China because every country is your ally as long as you have mutual benefits.

Similarly, these countries should not follow American policies, which are sometimes even not good for their own nationals, such as the example of America’s involvement in the Afghanistan war and its consequences.