The balance of power is just shifting. Their bastard child the USA dominated the world in the 20th century and built the modern world. But it was corrupted by the post-modernists and is falling into social decay. The story of the 21st century is the rise of the Chinese supremacists, and the fall of America. New power structures will emerge in Latin America and Africa as they throw off the shackles of the British/American banking cartel and the IMF. Unless the fall victim to the financial traps being laid by China. But that's where Bitcoin comes into play.