Lily Kuo
and Ritchie King write about China’s potential of overcoming the United States
in terms of economy. In fact, several countries believe that China has already
surpassed the US, or will do so very soon. Kuo and King use statistics and
surveys to prove this argument. According to the Pew Research Center survey, “this year's poll of about 38,000 people found
that in 23 of 39 countries surveyed, a plurality of respondents said they
believed China would or had already replaced the U.S. as the world's no. 1
superpower.” Then they go on comparing these results to those in 2008. Overall,
ever since the financial crisis, there have been a higher percentage of people
who believe that China is now “on top”.
In
my opinion, Lily Kuo and Ritchie King are effective because they present facts
that make their article relevant. However, I would not say that they have an
argument. It is just an informative article. They do not really seem to have
their perspective of the matter. It would be more interesting to see what they
think of China’s economy (has it really surpassed USA) and what makes China one
of the most influential superpowers. I think their motive was to inform the readers
and allow us to make our own conclusions (for debate).
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/07/many-countries-think-chinas-economy-is-the-worlds-most-powerful/277951/
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