Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir View Post
By far east you mean China? I don't think so. Paper tigers don't last long.

Other than that I agree.

Huge population, ethnically homogenous, great GDP growth with an actual trade surplus, no debt etc... Western countries are more like paper tigers compared to China. After all, various western nations rose to prominence for a century or two, but China has led the world economically, technologically and militarily for 90% of the known history.