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by jsn117 3609 days ago
Europe is free, China is not.
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China is competently run, Europe is not.
Showing total GDP, without accounting for population is disingenuous.

Don't you think that GDP per capita would be a better indicator, perhaps?

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?end=20...

China's outperformance of Europe is undeniable. In the chart you shared China was at barely 1/20 of Europe's level a generation ago and now is over 1/3.

What will the comparison be in one more generation?

China's achievements are incredibly impressive, and will likely slow down as it gets closer to parity with Western standards of living. As for outperforming - rate of growth/catching up: sure - but not (yet) in most other regards.