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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

IMO, China's an economic superpower, but a regional power by all other measures.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I think that's a reasonable take. Same with the EU.

I see people throw around the term "superpower" too much without thinking what the term means. Russia is most certainly not a superpower, and hasn't been for some time. It'll be lucky if it can avoid being a Chinese vassal state at this point.