Why is China’s five-thousand-year-old civilization inferior to the United States, which has only a history of more than two hundred years?

This issue is extremely complex. I will try my best to explain it to you:

1. The opportunities for development are different. Chinese civilization lasted for five thousand years, but its actual development remained in a feudal society until the Republic of China. But then there were warlords' melee, the Kuomintang's war, the Anti-Japanese War, and the Liberation War. In fact, the real development began after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, which only took more than 60 years. Moreover, development is still often troubled, such as wars, international environmental interference, etc. The United States is different. Ever since the Mayflower landed in the Americas, many colonies were established along the coast of the Americas, and then it became truly independent from Britain. It has always been smooth sailing. And at that time, capitalism was in full swing around the world. Later, after the U.S. Westward Expansion and the Civil War, the national power grew even more. During the Industrial Revolution, we basically kept up with the trend of the times, and later we even led the Information Revolution. Naturally, the country is strong.

2. Different international status. China's long history does not mean its high international status. We were a powerful country in the past, but only during the Han and Tang Dynasties. But when the world entered capitalism, we were in the decline of feudal society, and even reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. Later, it was a period of chaos, even for us After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Taiwan's seat in the United Nations was still occupied by Taiwan, and it was not recovered until the 1960s and 1970s. It was only after the reform and opening up that our economic strength increased and our international status improved. The United States, on the other hand, has grown into the world's largest country in hundreds of years. It has gained the most from World War I and World War II.

3. Military strength is different. China now has a large population and advanced weapons. But they have many scientists and the world's top weapons.

4. Differences in systems.