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In just three years, from 2011 to 2013, China poured more concrete than the United States had poured in the entire 20th century.

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In 1990 China’s GDP represented less than 2% of the global total. By 2019 its share had jumped to nearly 19%.

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Since 1990 Americans have seen U.S. per capita GDP grow by roughly 2.7 times, which sounds impressive until you realize that somebody born in China in 1990 has seen per capita GDP grow by 32 times

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