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		dennisgorelik on Aug 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When It Comes to China, Google’s Experience Still ... It does not look like Japan ever overtook the US in GDP per capita: https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&...

MarkMc on Aug 8, 2016 [–]

Yes they did: https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&...

But it doesn't really matter whether Japan got to 105% or 95% of US GDP in 1990 - my point that China could get to 30-50% of US GDP in 30 years stands.

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