[Zigurd]

> But that's manufacturing capacity it doesn't have for technology is also doesn't have.

You just moved the goalposts. It's pretty obvious a Chinese shipyard could build a frigate vastly cheaper than a US shipyard. PPP GDP probably doesn't even touch this ratio.

It's true that China high tech is behind the US, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. For now. That will last a decade, maybe. There are thousands of products that used to be designed outside of China that are now fully Chinese.

[simonh]

pPP moves the goalposts on to each nation's home turf so they get a home player advantage. International influence and power requires playing against the same goalposts as everyone else.