China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton

Re:China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton by seanmcdirmid on Saturday March 27, 2021 @11:52PM (#26607808)

Ya, its just like what everyone said about Japan’s growth trajectory in the 1980s. Similar predictions even.

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Re:China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton by justinzollars on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:28AM (#26607942)

Except China is 4 United States's.

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Re:China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton by seanmcdirmid on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:56AM (#26608071)

Bigger size/more population only makes the problem harder.

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Re:China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton by not_exactly__ on Saturday March 27, 2021 @11:32PM (#26607718)

Not so fast. China managing 1st place isn’t a foregone conclusion. Ill blame those pesky demographic trends first.

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Re:China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton by justinzollars on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:29AM (#26607946)

Its already number one by many measures:

- world trade - PPP - Navy size

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Re:China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton by jonathannat on Saturday March 27, 2021 @11:36PM (#26607736)

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/yes-china-lying-about...

Yes China Is Lying About the Size of Their Economy

https://fortune.com/2021/03/11/stimulus-package-covid-relief...

The $1.9 trillion stimulus package could see the U.S. economy outpace China’s for the first time in 45 years

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4414648-chinas-shifting-dem...

China's Shifting Demographics Suggest Slower Economic growth

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/05/china-economic-growth-p...

China Signals Economic Caution at People’s Congress

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Re:China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton by justinzollars on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:27AM (#26607939)

https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/research-insights/economy/the-worl... China GDP will be much larger than US by 2050

https://www.politico.eu/article/china-topples-us-as-eus-top-... China topples US as EU Top trade partner

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2019/08/20/Report-Chinas-mi... Report: China's military could overwhelm U.S. forces in Indo-Pacific region

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-10-01/From-nobody-to-somebod... China has the worlds largest high speed rail network

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Re:China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton by jonathannat on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:35AM (#26607968)

first link is "The World in 2050 report was published in February 2017"

second link is only regarding goods. goods + services, US is EU top trade partner

third link: there are now Japan/Australian/US/UK/France/German warships patrolling in the indo-pacific region.

fourth link: costly to maintain, uncertainty post covid

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Re:China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton by justinzollars on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:44AM (#26608020)

Many British believed they were number 1, a world leader, long after they were left behind and this was not the case.

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Re:China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton by inawarminister on Sunday March 28, 2021 @01:39PM (#26612330)

Britain fell due to the necessity of containing a neighbouring state which have bigger population, better productivity, and the advantage of not having an empire abroad of a continent.

At the end, the Brits fell after pummeling Germany two times. Both haven't recovered fully today. So this historical analogue doesn't really speak well to both US and China in the next, say, 3 generations. Wonder who would be the US in this situation though.

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Re:China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton by justinzollars on Sunday March 28, 2021 @04:02PM (#26613880)

The analog was regarding denial. Not the circumstances leading to losing the position of hegemon.

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Re:China boycotts Western clothes brands over Xinjiang cotton by rsj_hn on Saturday March 27, 2021 @11:54PM (#26607814)

Did you know that the GDP of Africa is two trillion dollars (PPP)? So Africa has surpassed Canada, right?

What matters is GDP/capita, not total output in a nation of 1.4 Billion people. You can easily get "first place" by redrawing boundaries around a bunch of poor and middle income nations. That redraw doesn't make anyone better off.

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