How will China change to world, in the next 50 years?

We won’t be living in a free country anymore…

Chinese food will become cheaper due to supply and demand. The future’s lookin’ bright people.
In seriousness the key difference, I predict, is that the world economy will be shared out more evenly due to another industrialised society entering the picture.

It could go well , and it could go badly. I am hoping for the former. Right now, we do not have a clear understanding at top government levels of the Chinese mindset (or other Asian countries like Korea). We tend to ascribe the same motives to them that we have, which causes us to make mistakes.

I recommend reading the book “The World is Flat” by Thomas Friedman. Its not just China we are going to competing against.

Will somebody tell me why it’s so important what we eat off of all of a sudden?

Your question is a Freudian slip that illustrates EXACTLY what will happen.

“China will change TO world”

China will undoubtedly have a major impact on the world over the next 50 years. But it could go in a LOT of ways, and I can’t tell you which one it will end up being.

I’d agree with everyone else so far in that, whatever the effect it will be big. Also, perhaps this is idealistic of me, the effect China’s growth will have on itself is (a bit) more transparency in its own government- given that the rest of the world will be watching it more closely. Of course, it could just go entirely the other way and make China more repressive than it already is.

It will always, always, end up in favor of China at the expense of everyone else. Who do you think is paying for the all the modernization of the country. It certainly isn’t the “vast untapped market” of the peasant population. It is you and me by losing jobs, losing benefits, reducing the value of our currency, dropping property values. We continue to do it, even when we know better, because we will always buy the cheapest product with no loyalty to our own country. Sad.

Now if only China were not a disney villain ‘shakes fist angrily’

China, for all of it’s growing amazingness, has one giant flaw that will hinder it’s growth.

They’re about to run out of natural resources, and they are completely batshit out of space.

How drastic that will effect the nation, I couldn’t tell you. But something to keep in mind.

First of all, the Chinese will solve the problem of discrimination against minorities and the Uigurs and the Tibetans will be happily integrated into Han society. Oh yeah, and the Dalai Lama will become the Pope of Shanghai.

Second, the Chinese will purchase so much US debt that when the US goes into bankruptcy, the Chinese will have to start paying government workers with scrip, just like California does.

Third, the Chinese will have a tea party the likes of which have never been seen in the world, after which peace, harmony and democracy will descend on one quarter of the world’s population.

Finally, competitive underwater kite flying will become a worldwide rage, with world championships being held every year in Hong Kong.

Anyway, that’s what my crystal ball said when I asked it this question.

Sheesh!

That answer sounds like you plagiarized it right of a Chinese civics textbook. :D

Why yes, @erniefernandez, that’s exactly what I did! For twenty points, can you tell me which civics textbook I took it from?

“The True and Glorious Government of the Unified People’s Republic of China” Ed. 1

You’d be surprised at how many people think that’s what it is, but no. There’s a real, actual, Chinese textbook, published in the good ol US of SR that it comes from. ;-)

And fireworks displays will be mandated at all festivities consisting of more than 4 persons.

Don’t know but the prospect of democracy in China is unthinkable, unworkable and no folks, it is not inevitable, it is about as likely as the United Socialist America…lastly a democratic China will not make the world a safer place.