Raccoon (US)
It was only a matter of time until the US was surpassed. Globalization has made China having the largest population in the world the number one asset to the largest exporting country in the world. With China exerting more of its presence in Africa, China really will become a major global player in the following decades.
The US really needs to get its act together. It's wasting billions of dollars on unnecessary wars, crippling the average day person with thousands in medical bills; when they could invest in their people.
A night view of Lujiazui, the financial district in Shanghai. China will have six of the world's top 10 skyscrapers by 2020, according to Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. [Lai Xinlin / China Daily] |