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james smith esq said:

Americans are extremely individualistic in their consumption patterns, only; with each person consuming as many categories of good as possible. However, what they consume is wholly driven by psychological conformity. So, even tho’ everybody has everything they want, they all want the same things. In their knowledge, beliefs, perspectives, experiences, et c., Americans are as conformity-driven as any other. In fact, their extremely-individualistic consumption is an expression of this conformity.
Unfortunately, I see that this pattern is what’s most idealized by America admirers, globally, and I do see its influence in Chinese consumption patterns, as well. Although most folks, globally, are still primarily communitarian consumers, when it comes to such things as meals, cars, and homes, I do see a creeping cell-phonization of consumption patterns globally. And, remember, even telephones used to be communitarian commodities at varying levels of community.
We can look at this in two ways, at least. From one perspective, it’s good for business growth; from the other, we might question whether, or not, business growth should be the primary motivator of human activity, i. e., are we simply farm-animals for the farmer to fatten for the slaughter.

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james smith esq said:

Kazakhstan and Iran, for starters should be primary destinations for massive investment and infrastructure development. Success in Iran could be leveraged towards greater access in Iraq, eventually leading to Syria and Lebanon.
And, do not neglect North Korea; although a tricky situation, there is room for growth and development, there!

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FairAndUnbiased said:

The cruelty of factory farming, already barbaric enough when applied to animals, has now been applied to humans.

It has been unfortunate that the Chinese traditions of Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian mercy have been abused and trampled by the imperialists.

North Korea has some potential but they run into the issue of competing with Vietnam.

I think an important step is to get Vietnam on side. Make a deal with the CPV to crack down on anti-China propaganda and grant more market access in exchange for allowing them to keep a few SCS islands and turning a blind eye to them going after the Philippines. This is very low hanging fruit.

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Eventine said:

Industrial outputs only measure one dimension of the economy - producers. The problem with China + partners - indeed the very problem affecting it today - is demand. You can't have growth without increasing demand, which is why the present slow down in China has been difficult to solve via supply side support.

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Eventine said:

China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and even if you count Pakistan though it's an US "ally," are not collectively bigger than the EU + US + Australia + Canada + Japan + South Korea. The problem is that we live in the shadows of the Age of Colonialism, during which Europeans literally tripled or quadrupled their territory. They have control of more of the world's resources than China and its partners do, there's no question about that when you combine all the countries in the Western alliance.

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KYli said:

Soon slavery would be praised as a good deem that helps African Americans.

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james smith esq said:

Kazakhstan and Iran, for starters should be primary destinations for massive investment and infrastructure development. Success in Iran could be leveraged towards greater access in Iraq, eventually leading to Syria and Lebanon.
And, do not neglect North Korea; although a tricky situation, there is room for growth and development, there!

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TK3600 said:

I used industrial because it is the most relevant one. When it comes to other areas of economy China is equally good. They produce most science papers as well as the impact rating of the papers. There are more resources in China and partners (explored on second point), as well as better infrastructure. Demand like service demand is a bullshit measure because American overpay their health care, but that does not make their economy grow bigger. If you go by industrial demands like electricity, steel, China is still ahead because they consume most of what they make.

Citation needed. You know Russians are also Europeans and on China's side right? Compare to NATO country size.
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Next I cited resources such as mineral, oil production. You will find similar results for top agricultural productions as well.

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Note Saudi Arabia and other gulf states is moving into China's camp too.

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Eventine said:

Industrial production almost completely ignores industries like software and AI, which are critical strategic industries. China's industrial output matches that of the US + EU, but is still below that of the Western alliance when you include countries like Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, etc.

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Eventine said:

As for country size, look at this map for adjusted land size since the flat map overestimates the land mass of countries around the polar regions, like Russia and Canada, due to the spherical shape of the earth:

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If you add them all up, the Western alliance is significantly bigger. Canada + US + Australia pretty much = China + Russia. The EU is much bigger than the rest of China's partners. Then add in Japan, South Korea, Ukraine, etc. Demographically, the Western alliance as defined by the US + its treaty allies is 1.4 billion people, which is less than China + Russia, but not by much.

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james smith esq said:

You are correct!

Vietnam is a vital, and prinary, future partner in development! My error in omitting Vietnam! Development should always start closest to home.

Isn’t North Korea much farther along, in terms of industrialization, than is Vietnam?

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