text: to what extent is china’s great power status dependent on its sustainable economic development?   china's great power status is 100% dependent on its sustainable economic development. this has been the case everywhere throughout history. that is why china today is so focused on:  - creating jobs for the 10s of millions who migrate from rural areas to cities every year  - securing natural resources internationally, such as (especially) oil and base metals  - establishing and maintaining trading relationships with the other major world powers  within a very small number of years, the chinese economy will overtake that of the us. they are "a player" now and will very likely increase in this role in coming years and decades.