Its clear that they’ve at least laid the groundwork for their challenge against American hegemony very well so far; slowly prying away trade dominance over the third world while remaining just close enough to the US through their trade relations to dissuade any attempts to break them up earlier, back when their national situation wasn’t as firmly secured. Now they seem to be closing in on all economic fronts; industrial production, international development, technological innovation etc… Given 20 more years of this, they may well leave the US eating their dust.
Its hard to tell.
Its clear that they’ve at least laid the groundwork for their challenge against American hegemony very well so far; slowly prying away trade dominance over the third world while remaining just close enough to the US through their trade relations to dissuade any attempts to break them up earlier, back when their national situation wasn’t as firmly secured. Now they seem to be closing in on all economic fronts; industrial production, international development, technological innovation etc… Given 20 more years of this, they may well leave the US eating their dust.