Why China is unlikely to overtake the United States to become the biggest economy in the world - ABC News

China has long been tipped to overtake the United States to become the biggest economy in the world. But the country is experiencing major growing pains, and that makes its future uncertain, writes Ian Verrender.

For decades, it has been one of the great truisms of global foreign policy; the "inexorable rise of China".  Never a question of if but only when, the betting amongst academics, politicians and dipl… [+4618 chars]

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