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Why China Won’t Eclipse the United States

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The World Bank has predicted that China’s economy will overtake America’s this year. Are we at the cusp of a Pax Sinica?

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The World Bank’s recent projection that China’s economy will overtake America’s in absolute terms this year has strengthened the judgment that a “power transition” is underway between the two countries.

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