hell, i love china and everything but after being here for a while.. i dunno what kinda future it would be if china ruled.. a crazy one? japan, i could see ruling, if they had the population.. china has the population, but there’s a lot of weird things which don’t make sense going on at all institutional levels.. so.. my guess is it will become the number one economy just to sustain its population and it will be a serious manufacturer and exporter of foreign goods (the way it is now) but i dont think most people in other countries will notice a ‘change in the world’ or anything. there are already china towns in most western cities so it won’t be like the 80’s when suddenly sushi became trendy, etc.