SlyGuy :
1) Detonating a nuclear weapon does not make one a superpower! England, France, Germany, Israel, Pakistan, India, North Korea and etc ... have all detonated a nuclear weapon. Are they a superpower? As you have stated, and possibly on a subconscious level, "China has been becoming a superpower". The operative word is "has been becoming" ... not there yet when compare to the US
2) It's great that you can recount historical past, but that is all you have presented. Again, no conclusive evidences to support your argument about China being a superpower.
... A) After the blood thirsty Cultural Revolution, 1970-1990's China had no other way but to help itself climbed out of the mess it had self inflicted. Taiwan being forced out of the UN is politics, especially when China has a permanent seat on the Security Council. Feeding and getting 1+ billion people from being malcontent and possibly preventing another coup d'etat is an arduous task.
... B) As to China being homogeneous, 95+% of Chinese are Han Chinese, how did they get that way? Simple, they killed off the other groups. But, they still have alot of unrest and minority groups in the western regions, Tibet, and etc ... that want independence.
... C) US policy and politics doesn't mean China is a superpower. It only support the US position as to China rise and her strategy to maintain the status quo as being the only super power. Is China a super power currently? By most analyses, NO! Can she be one ... YES!
3) US politics, US policies declaration, China's incomplete Silk Road, and etc ... does not support your position of China being a superpower?
... A) As to US politics and policies, people in power will always try to stay, maintain and execute their power. The corollary to powerful nation is also true.
... B) China Silk Road mega project ... will it be completed? Uncertain, just like China's stalled canal across Nicaragua or her other projects in Africa directly or indirectly through China Africa Development Fund. Or how about China bailing out Venezuela? As one can see, trying to buy and gain political influences can lead to roads of nightmarish proportion.
... C) Lets even suppose these projects will bear fruits, these small nations and their global influences are negligible due to their limited geography, economic position, militarily insignificant, and generally involved despots, henchmen and croonies.
4) Russia hasn't been a superpower since the great fall of the Iron Curtain back in the late 1980's! Russia and Putin only can dream of prior glory.
As stated before, You bark too much without any real support! Go study some more, look at the data objectively, and don't put the cart before the asses ... basically, Don't Be A CSVN TS!
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