China’s share of global GDP has increased from 3.6% in 2000 to 17.8% in 2019 and will continue to grow, the CEBR said. It would pass the per capita threshold of $12,536 (£9,215) to become a high-income country by 2023.

absolutely insane

      • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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        Yeah if all I knew about China was everything up until 1950 and you asked me what it would look like 70 years later, I'd probably say "Sad, poor backwater" not "Leading industrial power"

      • wasbappin [he/him,they/them]
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        I wonder what China's population would be if it weren't for Mao... I'm thinking 10 billion.

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          Probably in an India-style situation where food security is tenuous for many people.

        • grisbajskulor [he/him]
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          And it wouldn’t even be just for the one-child policy, which IIRC didn’t necessarily correlate with a lower birth rate, but rather for the phenomenon of high living standards = less kids.