It would be very sad to see the superpower of the 20th century and the potential next superpower of the 21st century going separate ways because of yet another unneeded China scare.

看到二十世纪的超级大国和二十一世纪的下一个潜在超级大国因不必要的中国恐慌而分道扬镳，这真是非常令人难过。

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Our natural resources and opening to the Gulf makes up a potential superpower, if we can overcome years of petty provincialism and find the political will to see the region in its entirety.

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So it is especially easy, in a week when America's president is romping around Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, for people to get carried away with the superpower's potential influence.

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Some cardinals express concerns a superpower pope and the potential for his actions to be viewed as serving the U.S. instead of the church.

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