> US is 80th, not great but there's really no comparison to Chian.

This is true, but one should take into account that US's and most of the developed world economy has shifted into services and intellectual or branding schemes, exporting the dirty job of manufacturing to China.

It would be really surprising if that was not the case.

Very good point, and considering China is basically the manufacturing arm of almost every western country, any list "ranking" countries is useless propaganda.

Well, not useless I guess, considering it is propaganda.