Many of the westerners are already late to this idea of China being the next world power. It has already been discussed between those familiar in geopolitics -

Many of the westerners are already late to this idea of China being the next world power. It has already been discussed between those familiar in geopolitics - it's just that the US/west exceptionalism story is etched deep into you. The US has overstretched itself through wars in the middle east, and trying to maintain it's bases throughout the world. Then Trump happened and it lost even more of it's global clout. A wave of inflation is coming up next. Whereas China hasn't shot a bullet across it's border, the last time was vietnam 30/40 years ago. And they've been focused on feeding their own billions of people, and they've achieved that successfully. You still do have a chance though, and it shows in the values of humanity, innovation and enforcing the rules of international law that spring from them, not through lies and dirty global politicking. Show China that in leading that there's more than just power and enemies, adjust your understanding to cater to whatever they push back on, and you'll have nothing to fear from China even if they do take the lead.