Soviet was a "communist" dictatorship, modern China is a ultra capitalistic dictatorship. That's the difference. Also USSR poured insane amounts of GDP into the military, where China doesn't (or I should say, as far as we know they don't).

China will prevail, may cause a lot of suffering for 10-100 millions but the new empire will most probably not fall.

I also would reccommend googling stuff. You have an area of interest just Google it or something related to it. For stuff like this it's too bad Google removed the "I feel lucky" button (or is it still there but hidden somewhere?).

Another great way to fond a starting point is to go to wikipedia and clicking the random article button and just start reading. You'll be surprised at what things you actually might find interesting.

I'm still waiting to feel like an adult and start liking boring adult stuff.

I'm in my early 30's and have a kid. But i still like doing stuff that, from my refrence point, are not what adults do.

I still like playing video/computer games, I listen to heavy metal music (mostly black metal), I spend time reading on different forums etc on the internet, I know how to use a computer and so on.

The thing is, this is the same for every generation. We always refrence being adult to something that the adults where doing/liking/listening to/dressing like when they where kids.

For my self it's OK. I can live with being this huge man-child, I refuse to grow up and change my likes/taste in music/sense of clothing (all of which incidentally makes me what I asociate with being an adult from when I was a kid) ;o)

I can't understand why it is allowed in any developed country at all.

In my country it is illegal to beat a child in any way (yes spanking is beating), so filming and putting it online just perplexes me.

I have a daughter and I would never even consider beating her as a proper way of diciplining her. And if I ever did, it serves me right to be prosecuted for it

Following post is extremley opinionated, I just want to warn any reader that you might take offence.

EU is a horrible idea that is even more horribly administered. I wish my country never joined EU, at least we're not in the Euro which is always positive.

From the begining it was to reduce nationalism within (western) Europe and to, in the long term, reduce the risk of another pan-european war that escalates into a world war (after all within half a century europe was the breeding ground for two world wars).

In the end it turns out to be a really beurocratic and slow machine which mainly manages to agree on teivial things, like standardising what curvature a banana or a cucumber needs to have to legally be allowed to be sold within the EU.

Oh and on the reduce nationalism part hasn't worked out that well either, every two months the entire parlament moves from Belgium to France, because that's was a condition from Frances side since they started to feel sidelined.

Further on the nationalism side, if anything, EU is increasing it. With increasing resentment between the greek people and the germans or Romanian beggars and every other state within the EU. Specially now when the economy is weak.

This thing will crash and burn and it will not be plesant.

Cultural differences within Europe are to big for it to ever work out. Only way this would work is with one conquering nation taking control and ruling Europe with an iron fist (an option that I personallly would rather not see).