At present, the world has entered an era of polarization between China and the United States, which is an irreversible trend.
Although China does not want to admit this fact and does not want to assume this responsibility, it cannot change this reality.
In fact, the pattern of the world is already clear: if you want to develop the economy, you have to cooperate with China;To start a war, you have to form an alliance with the United States.
China has a history of 5,000 years of civilization and has experienced glory and humiliation, but in modern times, we remember the humiliating side more.
So, when we see the rise of China, we are surprised: just like that, we caught up with the United States?
The United States is nothing remarkable either.
However, China's leadership is relatively calm, even a little modest, about the situation, and it is possible that they have long expected this day to come.
At one time, people were expecting a multipolar world, thinking that there were multiple potential superpowers, such as Russia, the European Union, China, India, Brazil.
But now it seems that only China is capable of realizing this dream.
Although the EU is economically integrated, it is led by the United States politically and militarily, so the EU's road to multipolarization has been the earliest and the most miserous.
Although Russia has vast land and abundant resources, it has a sparse population and a depressed economy, which also determines that Russia's rise is far away, not to mention that Russia also has tense relations with neighboring countries.
A conflict with NATO could transform Russia from a superpower to a regional power.
Not to mention India, which, despite its large population, could theoretically become a superpower as long as the economy took off.
But the status quo in India is still very Indian, there is nothing attractive except for the odd, India is now very satisfied, and it has no great ambitions to become the leader of the third world.
They don't care who's the boss.
Brazil is also not worth mentioning, it has been played bad by the United States, Brazil is now in a dilemma, it wants to ride the wall, but it has no guts, it wants to have a thief's heart, and it has no thief's guts, Brazil's road to superpower is still very long.
So, who can change the pattern of the world?
It used to be the European Union.
However, the EU has been vacillating in the confrontation between China and the United States, and does not dare to choose sides.
On the one hand, they want to get rid of the control of the United States and do not want to become vassals of the United States, such as the current Russia-Ukraine crisis, which they do not want to participate in at all.
But on the other hand, they have to support Ukraine against their will, because they cannot resist the pressure of the United States.
At the same time, the economic relationship between the EU and China is very close, and China's economy is an important support for the economy of EU countries.
The EU is not a whole now, their hearts are not together, their strength is not in the same place, they are afraid of China's industrial upgrading, but they are closer to the cultural concept of the United States.
They don't have a heart at all.
Therefore, if Europe is not united, then they are not qualified to challenge either side of the United States.
After this war, Russia is likely to decline into a regional power, because of economic reasons, because of the sanctions of the United States and Europe, and because of the silent support of China, Russia has maintained the status quo and will not collapse.
Although Russia is reluctant to admit it and has been trying to maintain its image as a great power, it is becoming more and more difficult for Russia to support the skeleton of this great power due to economic reasons.
In addition to being modest, China is now fully capable of confronting the United States, both economically and militarily.
But China has always felt that it does not have the ability to rule the world, nor does it want to rule the world, and has been acquiescing to the United States to continue to be the boss.
On the one hand, China wants to develop for a few more years to consolidate its own foundation, and on the other hand, China also wants to use the power of the United States to suppress other forces.
In addition to this, there is also the suppression of the United States.
In fact, the United States does not want China to become a powerful country, let alone China to pose a threat to itself.
Therefore, a large part of China's modesty is suppressed by the United States, although the United States does not dare to really engage with China except for lip service, and cannot stop China's development.
Under such circumstances, China only needs time, and it will not be long before China's comprehensive national strength will inevitably be on par with that of the United States.
Although the United States is unwilling, with China's industrial upgrading, it is only a matter of time before China surpasses the United States, just like the United States and the Soviet Union fought for hegemony in the past, and the United States, which had a stronger economy, eventually dragged down the Soviet Union.
And in the future confrontation between China and the United States, China, which has a stronger economy, is also fully capable of dragging down the United States.
At that time, there will also be a leader in the United States who will announce to the people: The United States no longer has the strength to compete with China for the leadership of the world!
At that time, the best outcome for the United States is to retreat to the Americas and become an American hegemon.
But before China becomes a world leader, it will inevitably be met with a crazy counterattack by the United States, which will continue to provoke and suppress China, and the confrontation between China and the United States will continue to escalate, and the whole world will be affected.
However, the possibility of a full-scale war between China and the United States is very low, but the economic and technological competition will continue.
Now that China and the United States are standing on the stage of a decisive battle, other countries in the world have become spectators, waiting for the outcome of the decisive battle between China and the United States.