it'll take over economically, and thus give a little bit of balance, but you are correct, global leader they will not be. they have a long way to go. I used to rally for them, but the longer I stay here, the more I see that for the first time in history the number one economy will NOT be the the worlds superpower, they are socially and culturally behind.
I'm curious to see how this will work. How will the country with the most money, not make all the decisions. I guess they'll just allow america to run the show and waste all of its money until it self implodes. From what I can tell also, china has no interest in being the world leader anyways. They only care about themselves, if some war happens in some far away land, they couldnt give a flying fukk about it lol.
They'll be the superpower the world wishes for. a superpower that lets countries have it's own say in it's internal affairs and minds it's business. they'll be passive leaders as they always have been since ancient times.