Some important intangibles are left out:
Most are in our favor (we beat them at innovation, IP culture, lower
corruption, better environment protection, political and economic and
intellectual freedoms, lingering traditions of liberty and freedom and
individualism)
Some are in their favor (we're hurt by political correctness and blacks and
mexicans and government unions and a parasitic, morally corrupt lower class and
a "financialized" upper class of similarly low character).
Also, it's not just us vs. them. China is encircled by a number of medium
powers (Russia, Japan, S. Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia) and one medium
power with potential to become a great power (India). The only one of those
nations with a China infatuation is Russia--and Russia is still in rapid
decline, with an economy entirely dependent on natural resource extraction (a
dumb economy) that recently lost its position among the top ten world economies.
Top 17 economies circa 2011(notice that Brazil is almost in the top 5):
| GDP | |||
| Nation | Rank | Population | Total |
| U.S. | 1 | 313 | 14800 |
| Japan | 3 | 126.5 | 5500 |
| China | 2 | 1337 | 5880 |
| Germany | 4 | 81.5 | 3380 |
| France | 5 | 65.3 | 2600 |
| U.K. | 6 | 62.7 | 2250 |
| Italy | 8 | 61 | 2070 |
| Russia | 11 | 138.7 | 1500 |
| Spain | 12 | 46.7 | 1400 |
| Brazil | 7 | 203 | 2200 |
| Canada | 10 | 34 | 1600 |
| India | 9 | 1189 | 1650 |
| Mexico | 14 | 114 | 1080 |
| Australia | 13 | 21.8 | 1270 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 16.8 | 790 |
| Korea, South | 15 | 48.8 | 1050 |
| Turkey | 17 | 78.8 | 780 |
Three of these have been on a rapid growth trajectory, doubling in size
every 7-10 years:
China for 30 years
India for 20 years
Brazil for 10 years
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