Susuto

China was producing gunpowder and blowing mongolians up with hand thrown grenades 1000 years before the US existed. At the same time they had invented the compass, the printing press, the rudder, paper, the combustion chamber etc, 2000 years before the US existed China built the largest artificial structure on earth, and it’s still the largest, the great wall.

500 years ago china composed 55% of the earths GDP (economic strength), and 50% of it’s population. It produced more iron in 1400 than the rest of the earth put together. It had 1 million paid troops when Europe consisted of feudal kingdoms each composed of a few thousand people.

The last 400 years have been a dark age for china. Now they are back on the rise. I’d be afraid if I were you. Very afraid. They only need 50% of your standard of living in order to have an economy 4 times the size of yours. You will drown in their sheer demographic might when this century is through, that much is assured. Not only that but India will also eclipse you in every area.

Go back to waving your flag.