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legitqueston The Chinese Century

> A new global political and economic order is emerging, the result of new economic realities. We cannot change these economic realities. But if we respond to them in the wrong way, we risk a backlash that will result in either a dysfunctional global system or a global order that is distinctly not what we would have wanted.

I just hope we don't mess this one up!

legitqueston Chinese economy overtakes the U.S.’s to become the largest

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legitqueston Chinese economy overtakes the U.S.’s to become the largest

Why does total GDP matter so much? China has over a billion people. A much more accurate metric is GDP or even PPP GDP per capita.

Only when China has 3x larger economy than US economy will it be of the same size per capita to the U.S.