[mrb]

> > It is long overdue. China has 1.3B people and the second largest economy in the world. It is righteous for them to be Asia's military titan.

> I wonder if you meant 'right' like 'appropriate'? Clearly you could not have meant 'righteous' since it does mean something else in English.

I think "righteous" is still appropriate. The word means "characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice". I would argue that aiming for countries to have equality (same GPD per capita, same military spending and power per capita, etc) is not only morally acceptable, but also just.