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Date Posted: 07:25:01 03/23/09 Mon
Author: Utopian
Author Host/IP: pcd323094.netvigator.com / 203.218.113.94
Subject: Re: EU
In reply to: RMW Stanford 's message, "Re: EU" on 19:09:04 03/22/09 Sun

A comparison of some Chinese and English-speaking countries in terms of GDP per capita:

10 United States $ 48,000 (The richest English-speaking country)

12 Hong Kong $ 45,300 (The richest Chinese-speaking "country")

21 Canada $ 40,200
23 Australia $ 39,300
30 United Kingdom $ 37,400
40 Taiwan $ 31,900
45 Macau $ 30,000
50 New Zealand $ 28,500
132 China $ 6,100

Who is the richest?

1 Liechtenstein $ 118,000 (The richest country in the world, with a GDP/capita more than 2 times that of the USA, is in Europe! :)

And who is ...

229 Zimbabwe $ 200 (!The most terrible country you can think of! : (

Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html

Web site last updated on 19 March 2009


>>>I would not be surprised to see the world being
>>>dominated by the Chinese in twenty years. I am moving
>>>to the Far East in search of my Utopia ...
>>>
>>>>I have just come back after doing 3 months
>>consultancy
>>>>work in China. The EU is more restrictive on both
>the
>>>>individual person and businesses than the communist
>>>>government in China. Why do British people act so
>>>>blind or plead ignorance to the ways of the EU. Why
>>>>are they not voting to get out of an EU that is
>>likely
>>>>to destroy their way of life and put the values they
>>>>hold dear into jeopardy.
>>
>>With its economy growing at 8%, it seems inevitable
>>that China will one day climb its way to the top of
>>the chain. In 2007 it overtook Germany to become the
>>third biggest economy in the world, in a few decades
>>time it will surpass Japan and the USA whose economies
>>are now in chaos, especially Japan's. But for most of
>>human history China has been the world's largest
>>economy due to its population, so this is nothing new.
>
>Undoubtedly sooner or later China will pass up Japan
>and the USA in the size of their economy. A few
>decades is probably right for the amount of time that
>it will take to pass Japan, the United States will
>probably take a bit longer. Of course per capita GDP
>will take much longer.

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