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Originally Posted by komitsuki
China already become a world superpower without being very direct towards the world. It's because China doesn't necessarily need to be direct in the first place.
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Really if the Chinese Premier WenJiaBao says China isn't a super power, then I think it's safe to say she isn't a superpower (yet).
But China really isn't interested in being a "Super Power" as it doesn't really give it many benefits. All it is interested in is how to keep the country together (Tibet, Taiwan included) and how to get everyone out of poverty (educated and clothes etc.). It doesn't exert any political influence on any other country and it will do business with anyone in the world if it bring economic benefits for her citizens.
Although sometimes, this back fires when you deal with a REALLY nasty regime like Dafur incident and Zimbabwe. She's learnt that the economic benefit might be outweighed by the bad publicity by associating yourself with an bad apple.