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>Yes, you are right! > >Here it is: > >9 Singapore $ 52,000 2008 est. > >Indeed the GDP / capita of this small city came just >before the USA (the 10th wealthiest country) in 2008. >But I have excluded it from the list since I don't >really think it is completely Chinese (in much the >same way that I don't think the USA is completely >white/European/British). The Indians and Malaysians >there are just important! : ) > > >>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-fa >c >>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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