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Russia managed to maintain their great power status for centuries. Sure it had their ups and downs but even when down it had to be calculated into all political shennanigans. Sure they were a bit bacward, both politically and technological/military but they made that up with numbers and they weren't that behind so that simple tech improvements would give their enemies decissive edge. And thier size ment that they would have enough resources to function and even gross inefficiency would allow for extraction of sufficient quantity to llow economy to function

Could same happen with China? I'm not talking about great power like Spain or France at their peak but a country that would be able to influence happenings in their neighbourhood and when confronted would require serious mobilisazion of resources and/or colaition of several great powers.

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