> US manufacturing is in the gutter
That had little effect on GDP growth, though.
It’s not like the gap has been narrowed that much in the last 15 years:
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?location...
It’s not that long until China’s demographic issues will start having a huge impact.
Unless something significant changes it’s not inconceivable if China never catches up.
Obviously such longterm projections are semi meaningless but China will likely have less than 500 million people by the end of the century.