User blog comment:SonOfZeus1200/Next Stop China?/@comment-165.166.72.41-20111223171444

It wouldn't be China because it's an Eastern Power, it has a completely different set of values, ideals and traditions that are very different, and opposed, to Western ones. It's just not China but also other East Asian and South Asian nations( like Japan, India, etc.). Some may have adopted parts of Western culture but they will always be apart of the East. The US will remain the powerhouse in the West for some time but my bet would be on Brazil, Mexico or Argentina to be the next center of the West.