Quote Originally Posted by Seolun View Post
Do you think that China will become the most powerful and developed country as it was in the 17th century? Also - do you think that in that 17th century China was the most developed and powerful in the world?
Yes, sooner rather than later. I think sometime in the 2020s China will become the world's greatest power.


17th century - Close call. China was enormous, advanced, powerful. But Europe was more dynamic.
Europeans sailed to China, not the other way round. Then again, just as now, China produced goods Europe craved, but not the other way round.