>Until China fixes their government, they will never be taken seriously on the same level of other "first world" countries This is hubris. It won't matter how

>Until China fixes their government, they will never be taken seriously on the same level of other "first world" countries This is hubris. It won't matter how seriously they are taken if they become the dominant power. https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/03/01/how-the-west-got-china-wrong https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/03/01/how-the-west-go... Meanwhile, the US is leaving a power vacuum and can't be taken seriously either.