China : intraglobal positioning for a prevailing superpower / by Jason E. Blevins.

In order to determine the ability of the People's Republic of China to become an international superpower, three elements must be analyzed and compared to the current superpower, the United States, and a former superpower, modern Russia. First, using the gross domestic product of China and the current oil consumption rate to determine technology level, analysis demonstrates that China is an economically stable in comparison to the United States and Russia. Second, analysis of China's political system reveals that China is politically stable and meets overall criterion for superpower status. Finally, the military of China reveals an overall stability and meets the third overall criterion, thus meeting all three criterions for becoming an international superpower.Department of Political Science"A Senior Political Science Thesis (Pols 404)."Thesis (B.?.