China

China

Currently there are roughly 6.6 billion people existing in our world. China holds over one quarter of the world’s population within its historic walls.   Thus, it raises the question; what prevents China from becoming a successful world power?   Unfortunately, China is located in an incredibly turbulent region of the world and their tendencies don’t necessarily render well with the views of their numerous foes.   Due to their common social, political, and economic endeavors it is likely impossible for China to ever become a dominating world power.  
Poverty has become a major problem in China.   By the end of 2006, there were 80 million Chinese people still living in poverty. These people live mostly in the rural areas of central and western China or in the remote mountains.   In the early 1990s, the Chinese Government declared that it would work to solve the problems of food and clothing supplies for these 80 million poverty-stricken people by the year 2000 and thus enable poor regions to embark on the path of sustainable development early in the next century.   The Government has organized voluntary resettlement for those who are willing to leave those hometowns which are poor in natural conditions and resources.   By moving out of these towns, nearly one million people have managed to find better food and clothing supplies.   For example over 600,000 people have moved out of the desolate areas in the poorest regions of Dingxi Prefecture of Gansu Province and Xi-Hai-Gu Region of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
By 2006, poor counties, with major governmental support, had expanded the acreage of their basic farmland by 269,000 hectares.   Also, drinking water was newly channeled to 7.56 million people and 6.09 million livestock.   More than 30,000 kilometers of new highways had been constructed, so that 98.3% of the towns in the countryside are now connected by highways, more than 31,000 kilometers of electric transmission lines had been constructed, 88.4% of...