User blog comment:Scrawland Scribblescratch/England vs America/@comment-4822327-20140113042326/@comment-4206034-20140114225608

China reproducing like a developing country - do you have no idea what the one child policy even is? It has had the effect of stopping 300 million probable births in the nation; a great feat. However, China is relaxing this law and putting into place a two child one in its place to try to create a larger workforce.

The only reason the American population is growing is due to the influx of Mexicans and other Latinos and them having children. Otherwise, its population would be in a clear decline. Immigration is pretty much why European nations are still registering growth in populations, but moving on...

Look, no one said China is as developed as the west - it is not even close. However, what China does have (and what America lacks) is economic growth. China doesn't care that it is getting into fights with its neighbours - all they want to do is flex their muscles and show to the world they are the new bosses of East Asia. Their airforce and navy will grow with their economy. However, the large amount of old people and the smaller workforce will eventually drag it to the level of European countries or perhaps even Japan.

Yet India on the other hand has no such problems. Although restricted in space, over 700 million people are under the age of 30 (or was it 40? Oh well) - a huge statistic. It is working to grow and develop into a larger power, and if China does not manage to trump the US, India most definately will. It is 20 years behind China when it comes to economic development, but the Indians have been forced to build a large indegenous base for R&D which is paying off. When it comes to aircraft carriers, the Indians just got one from Russia with their other one soon to be turned into a museum ship while the third, newly-built in India itself, begins its first sea trials. India also still has Russia as an economic partner - or ally (depending on how you look at their relationship post cold-war), which helps the nation to develop its own tech.