I don’t understand the word deserve for this topic either. It’s not like there is some sort of vote, and the country is given the honor of superpower.
I don’t know if we should be trying to keep China down. If they are on the road to more power, maybe it’s better to be friends. All this geopolitical stuff is so tricky. Could there possibly be more power in good relations and trying to change the world by example. It’s a slower road, but maybe a better result in the end.
Did you see Fareed Zakaria GPS yesterday, 5.27.19? He talked about China, and technology, and how Trump’s policies might lead to less sharing of information for technological advances and information in general. It could divide the world technologically. It seemed quite scary to me. He points out China’s tech will be cheaper than US, so parts of the world will go with the less expensive option. Plus, China has the raw materials needed for electronics. I don’t see the episode online yet, but you can listen to the podcast, or you might be able to see it on demand.
I’m not so sure our main goal should be to be the ultimate superpower, maybe it should be to encourage justice, and civil rights, human rights, and safety. We need to get better at those things to be able to do it though.