It will not…cos once chinese get together their act ,they r unstoppable. Which is what the chinese r doing now.The determination and courage of the Chinese is the answer and not any other thig.

Every country on their way to power bound to have some obstacle and this can be one of them,it will not stop China but slow down the pace abit. Time will tell,10yrs later.I going to dig out this thread and prove u correct my judgement! By then China may already overtake Japan as number 2 already! 😀

lol, talk about insecurities. People can boast all the want but the current circumstances in the world as well as those in the future, will unlikely breed further super powers simply because most places in the world already went past peak oil production and the Middle East is reaching there. China unfortunately, does not enjoy the same luxury the US and Western Europe had in in the 50s-early 70’s when it was cheap and seemingly abundant. This doesn’t apply to just China, but every country in the world. Further more the olympics mean nothing.. China did not have a strong showing in the winter olympics (but they usually do in the summer ones).. and any athletic accomplishment should be attributed to the athletes themselves who worked at it, rather than the nation.