I agree with China being a superpower. There is an excellent Canadian/international documentary about China for anyone who has the chance to see it. It's called China Rises. It was on television here in Canada and you can also get it at video stores here, not sure about other countries. But it's enlightening and interesting. Here is CBC Television's website about it, the website contains a few preview videos as well:

http://www.cbc.ca/chinarises/intro/index.html