China may be a superpower but it is hardly more than a threat that extreme paranoia would elevate. In their entire history they have never declared war on a foriegn body. They were prisoners during world war two. They built the great wall to keep the Mongolian empire from invading their land. They are not much of a threat but many have remarked on that ideal in the first post. The EU is becoming it's own potent little superpower as well it seems but i'm not sure on that one yet as most reading on it is lengthy and I haven't gotten that far. Anyway in a way Bush is using it and he has said so himself many times. Usually under a phrase about how we are expected to set the worlds example or insure peace and freedom in all lands. It can be used either way i'm not debating the other motives there obviously are. Yet.