Is China a Great Power, and if so, when did it become one?

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Maq

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I think a lot of people of talking about superpowers, not Great Powers. Historically, the term Great Power was applied to countries like Austria-Hungary and Prussia which certainly did not have global reach.
Neither Roman Empire, Moghuls, Osmans...
As for 'global' reach, this definitely depends on time. Literally impossible before 16th century, no matter how influential a given country was.