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[quote=Anonymous]A world with China as the dominant power will look very different from what we know. This is not just swapping out one hegemon with another. China is fundamentally different from the western countries that have traded hegemon status for the past few centuries.

China is inherently an inward focused country and culture. It does not have the cultural compulsion to go and help other people, at least not at the scale that western countries have. The helping others/strangers mentally is routed in Christianity, and it has spurred a lot of good and bad (good to want to help, but caused a lot of expansion/wars in name of morality and evangelization). China does not have any of that compulsion or baggage. Flip side is China does not necessarily believe all men are created equal before God, and certainly does not believe all cultures and nations are equal. China will never allow foreigners to immigrant there the way western countries have. They won't be influenced by other cultures the way western countries have. Those who are not Chinese will always not be Chinese and be seen as an afterthought.

I can't say how it all nets out but it will look very different (if it happens).[/quote]

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