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>I would guess that Singapore (a country populated >mainly by Chinese that speaks both English and >Chinese) would be up there as well. > >>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-fac >t >>book/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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