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Re:China Detains Former U.S. Air Force Pilot Flying for FedEx by arcticbull on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:57PM (#21022638)
$16,800 for China and $59,000 for the US. Not by a country mile. Even Hong Kong is in the high 50s. It’s only Macau in with a clear win at $112,000 thanks to the high number of casinos per capita.

It may well overtake in the future but it has yet to.

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Re:China Detains Former U.S. Air Force Pilot Flying for FedEx by justinzollars on Saturday September 21, 2019 @11:25AM (#21035886)
You are talking about per capita. Yes, it will take a long time. But if the Chinese are half as productive as you and I their economy will be double our size.

Remember there are at least 4 Chinese people per 1 person in the USA. That changes the math a lot.

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