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 From: oil@vinegar.com 
  
 torresD wrote: 
  
 > How soon before China becomes 
 > the next superpower? 
  
 It's already a superpower. 
 > 
 > How will the world stage change when that happens? 
 > 
  
 I predict that by 2050 China will have more clout than the US; finances 
 and military.  It's possible manufacturing jobs will return to the US 
 then as we do work for them. 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
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