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**QXCharles** · 11-27-2010, 03:07 AM

So what? China will still be a shithole with most of its population in poverty.

Political and cultural power will eventually follow economic power.

Why do both of you seem to think growth will stop after surpassing the US? I think China will have a PPP GDP per capita about 70% that of the (future) US by 2040 (for reference today Japan has about 2/3 of the US GDP per capita and countries like Portugal have less than half yet are still counted as pretty good places to live).

11-27-2010, 03:07 AM	#3
QXCharles Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 457 Senior Member	So what? China will still be a shithole with most of its population in poverty. Political and cultural power will eventually follow economic power. Why do both of you seem to think growth will stop after surpassing the US? I think China will have a PPP GDP per capita about 70% that of the (future) US by 2040 (for reference today Japan has about 2/3 of the US GDP per capita and countries like Portugal have less than half yet are still counted as pretty good places to live).
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