In April of this year, the British political magazine, The New Statesman, an esteemed publication,

it's been around for well over a century and has published incredibly influential people like

economist John Maynard Keynes and writer Virginia Woolf published an article with an ominous headline.

The headline was simple. Why China is winning. It's impossible to be certain. Journalists are lousy soothsayers,

but if we take a cold, hard, logical look, then China will win, wrote Andrew Marr. In the conflict

for supremacy that is now raging between the Communist Party leadership in Beijing and President

Trump's Washington, we should bet on China.

The article cited a few key facts that on the surface look bad for the U.S., such as China's greater purchasing power parity compared to the U.S. meaning its money can buy more stuff,

even though the U.S. has a bigger nominal GDP.

And in population, China clearly wins, with about 1.4 billion people to the U.S.'s 340 million.

And then there are all the things coming out of China that would give a westerner pause or maybe heart palpitations.

China's rapid advancement with its AI technology, including companies like Deep Seek and Manus,

its ability to control global supply lines as the

world's manufacturer, and the cultural predominance of apps like TikTok, apps that may either be spying

on us directly or subtly manipulating our views of the People's Republic. So, is this article

correct? Eh, maybe. It's right and that China is and has been making huge strides

and becoming a major geopolitical player for the past hundred or so years. China has become an

indispensable part of modern geopolitics, with not only economic power and military might, but

cultural clout and diplomatic leverage as well. Its advance has not

been a series of stunning victories like the U.S.'s rise to super-powerdom was, winning World War II,

for example, but a steady relentless advance in virtually all areas of statehood. On other hand,

the U.S. has been the world's sole superpower since the collapse of

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