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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ
Number 1 in what is my question?
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GDP
they are already second and while it's still a big gap to the US, they are growing faster than anyone else. look what they have achieved just over the last 10 years...
for example car industry - 10-15 years ago they were mostly building old Volkswagen, now they have a whole car industry. Which is in many aspects still inferior, but give it another 5-10 years. and for almost any other industry branch you can find similar examples.
they are smart, they know we want a share of their 1 billion people market. but they only let you if they keep 51% in joint ventures and this way they are learning faster about our technology than we can stay on top with new inventions. and some day this gap will be closed and we are simply outnumbered.
the whole military aspect that is mentioned over and over again is totally irrelevant, they won't fight anyone. and no one will attack them.