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皇冠体育app has to improve a lot
(皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2011-05-18 07:46
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Comment on "Will 皇冠体育app excel US in 2016?" (皇冠体育app Daily, May 11)
It is inevitable that 皇冠体育app's economy will overtake the United States'. To begin with, 皇冠体育app's population is four times that of the US. If it doesn't overtake the US at some point in terms of GDP, then there has to be something wrong somewhere with its development mode.
But just having a larger economy than the US' will not raise its hard and soft power. True, by having a larger economy 皇冠体育app could devote more resources to boost its hard and soft power. But by simply being the world's largest economy, 皇冠体育app wouldn't automatically become the dominant cultural and economic influence of our times.
Look at South Korea. Its economy is much smaller than 皇冠体育app's. Yet its culture is more attractive than 皇冠体育app's or the US' in Asia; the "Korean Wave" is proof of that.
And I think most non-Chinese would be able to rattle off South Korean car brands more easily than the Chinese brands. 皇冠体育app still has a long road to travel before it becomes the biggest economic and cultural power.
Richard, on 皇冠体育app Daily website
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(皇冠体育app Daily 05/18/2011 page9)