“China, in short has the potential to be considerably more powerful than even the United States.”

Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 398

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "China, in short has the potential to be considerably more powerful than even the United States." by John Mearsheimer?
John Mearsheimer photo
John Mearsheimer 32
American political scientist 1947

Related quotes

Patrick Buchanan photo
Zhu Rongji photo

“Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade. AZ Quotes”

Zhu Rongji (1928) former Premier of the People's Republic of China

Source: As quoted in [http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/03/15/china.us.01/index.html Bush yet to accept Beijing invitation in CNN news (15 March, 2001).

“The truth is the United States has to this point never recognized that Taiwan is part of China.”

Mark Chen (2016) cited in " US ‘one China’ policy debated at forum http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/12/15/2003661235" on Taipei Times, 15 December 2016

Robert F. Kennedy photo

“In my judgment, the slogan "black power" and what has been associated with it has set the civil rights movement back considerably in the United States over the period of the last several months.”

Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968) American politician and brother of John F. Kennedy

Remark during testimony of Floyd McKissick before a Senate subcommittee of which Kennedy was a member (December 8, 1966); reported in Federal Role in Urban Affairs, hearings before the Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, 89th Congress, 2d session, part 11, p. 2312 (1967)

Ian Bremmer photo

“In China, the state controls the corporations, whereas in the United States, the corporations control the state.”

Ian Bremmer (1969) American political scientist

"Dambisa Moyo's 6 Favorite Books," http://theweek.com/article/index/212693/dambisa-moyos-6-favorite-books The Week (March 4, 2011).

Barack Obama photo
Donald J. Trump photo

“China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

Cited by * 2020-01-24
Trump Is Inciting a Coronavirus Culture War to Save Himself
Adam Serwer
The Atlantic
2020s, 2020, January
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/trump-is-the-chinese-governments-most-useful-idiot/608638/

Margaret Mead photo

“The United States has the power to destroy the world, but not the power to save it alone.”

Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist

As quoted in Quotations for Our Time (1977), by Laurence J. Peter, p. 509
1970s

Hu Jintao photo

“Both China and the United States are countries of significant influence in the world.”

Hu Jintao (1942) former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China

2000s, White House speech (2006)
Context: Both China and the United States are countries of significant influence in the world. We share important common strategic interests in a wide range of areas, including economic cooperation and trade, security, public health, energy, and environmental protection, and on major international and regional issues. In particular, mutually beneficial and win-win China-U. S. economic cooperation and trade benefit our two peoples and promote the economic growth in the Asia Pacific region and the world at large. Indeed, they have become an important foundation for China-U. S. relations.

Related topics