History, geography, location, culture, and demographic structure,

none of these give China the inherent conditions to "surpass the United States."

On the contrary, they are all burdens, constraints, difficulties, and baggage.

- United States: Protected by two oceans, weak neighbors to the north and south, abundant resources, no internal divisive structure.

- China: A land surrounded by potential conflicts, powerful enemies on all sides, mountainous with little arable land, complex ethnic and religious issues, and an extremely heavy historical burden.

The cards dealt by fate were never on the same level to begin with.