World Economic Forum special report: Contents
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Diana Choyleva
Director and head of UK service
Lombard Street Research |
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China’s reawakening has transformed the global economy. For many centuries it was the world’s greatest. Chinese steel production in 1066, using blast furnaces, exceeded Britain’s in 1866. In 1421 a Chinese fleet of 1,000-ton ships sailed the world, south to Australia and New Zealand, east to America’s west coast. The Spanish Armada was puny compared with Kubla Khan’s attempted Japanese invasion. But China ignored the 18th and 19th century Industrial Revolution. It then failed to tackle its 20th-century weakness, culminating in the 30-year economic catastrophe of Mao’s leadership.
Since 1978, China has gone down the export-led, catch-up path pioneered by Japan and Korea, with similar near-10% growth rates. The growth of GDP per capita is a huge 8% to 9%, meaning...
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