With fears of US hegemony collapsing soon, many are wondering which will become the world's biggest superpower. Currently, China is the second-largest economy in the world. It has been advancing rapidly, especially in the areas of AI, and EVs (Electric Vehicles). Companies like Deepseek and BYD are becoming a "force to reckon with".
This makes me wonder if soon China will surpass the US as the world's largest economy? If not, why? What do you think will happen if China reigns supreme in the future? Will it become the leading force of the New World Order?
This talk of US and china is quite old and reoccurring too much. i really do no think china can surpass the US, i will break down my answer for you to see reasons why i say this.
first of all:
Economic Growth it is clear that China’s economy grew at an astonishing rate in the last few decades, but China is now facing slowing GDP growth due to factors like high debt levels, an aging population, and declining productivity growth. Meanwhile, the U.S. economy has shown surprising resilience despite economic challenges.
Demographic Crisis. China's working-age population is seriously declining, and the country's birth rate has fallen. on the other hand, immigration has really benefited the United States by assisting in the maintenance of a stable labor force.
Geopolitical and Trade Challenges China's long-term growth in high-tech industries may be hampered by the U.S. and its allies' growing restrictions on China's access to vital technologies (such as semiconductors and advances in artificial intelligence).
Innovation and Global Perception: although China dominates in fields like artificial intelligence and electric vehicles (such as DeepSeek, BYD, and Huawei), U.S. companies like OpenAI, Tesla, and NVIDIA continue to dominate in core technologies. Also, a lot of countries continue to view the United States as a safer political and economic friend than China.
Now, I must admit that China is unquestionably a rising force, but it has too many internal issues to completely unseat the United States as the world's dominant nation anytime soon. it is my own believe that we might shift toward a multipolar world with powerful regional powers like the US, China, the EU, and India each having a substantial amount of influence, as opposed to a unipolar one (headed by the US) or one that is dominated by China.