My thoughts on why and how China becomes a superpower country

China, once the least respected country in Asia, has now become the world’s most powerful country

China is now one of the powerful countries in the world. This is a status that can’t be achieved overnight or in a decade. So how did China, a country that about six decades ago, many developed countries hardly respect, suddenly becomes such a great country ready to conquer the whole world?

Superpower is a word associated with politics and science, I used to hear a lot, especially about America, when I was a student, and the thorough explanation of what a superpower country is increased my likeness to America because if you are not a great country, you can never be a superpower.

So what is a superpower? A superpower is a very powerful state with enormous political, economic, military, and cultural potential, possessing a superiority over most other states, which allows it to exercise hegemony not only in its region but also in the most remote parts of the planet.

However, it seems some of the weaker countries realized that the US government or America, actually preaches virtue and practices vice. They don’t do what they say, they rather took the opportunity of being a superpower to oppress weaker nations. 

That sent a wake-up call to sensible nations, including China and North Korea, to pursue a rigorous ambition to be a superpower themselves. Today, North Korea and China can be classified as the two most dangerous countries in the world, after the United States of America.

We need to find out how China, a country many developed countries don’t have respect for suddenly becoming one of the most fearful countries in the world?

An African Student In China

In the late seventies in Ghana, I read the book ‘An African Student In China,’ by a Ghanaian author, Emmanuel John Hevi. The book discussed many issues about human rights violations and the abuse of women in China but there is a particular story that caught my attention.

Student Emmanuel John Hevi went to a Chinese shop to buy a pressing iron. I have to make it clear here, a new pressing iron, not a second-hand. Within the first week, the iron breaks down and he took it back to the shop. The iron was repaired and given back to the student but each time after repairs, the iron breaks down again.

This is a story, in my opinion, the Chinese were finding out and studying what was actually breaking down the pressing-iron, until they gained the perfection of creating a perfect pressing iron today. 

Thus, in the entire period, while the advanced countries were underestimating China, the Chinese government was creating perfection from their mistakes. 

Emmanuel John Hevi’s experience in his book relating to the pressing-iron which broke down many times and China repaired many times can be a lead story in world scientific journals of how China became perfect in the electronic industry today.

Mao Zedong’s perception

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