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China debates whether it meets the definition of a superpower
China is increasingly viewed as a peer competitor to the United States, prompting debate over whether it has become a superpower, according to an SCMP Economy analysis.
The article argues the question may hinge on an outdated definition of power, since the term superpower originated in the World War II era.
It cites American political scientist William T. R. Fox, whose 1944 book The Super-Powers: The United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, grouped the three countries as a new category of states with exceptional geopolitical and military influence in shaping the post-war order, the outlet wrote.
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