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The ‘America-worst’ crowd cheers for China — but here’s what they forget

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One American view of China — increasingly popular on the left and among the hate-Trump crowd on the right — is that the communist colossus will be forever ascendant, boasting astonishing levels of food production, ship construction and industrial output.

In this pessimistic view, China will soon replace America as the world’s predominant power.

Yet even Beijing’s miraculous 30-year leap out of poverty into first-world affluence is hardly the same as parity with the United States.

In truth, President Donald Trump held almost all the cards at last week’s Beijing summit — and will do so again when Xi Jinping visits Washington this autumn.

According to nearly every historical measure of power, the United States leads China by sizable margins — in wealth, economic output, fuel, food and military strength.

China has roughly four times the population of the US, but produces only about 60% of America’s total GDP.

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The US is the largest oil and gas producer and exporter in history; China must import 11 to 12 million barrels of oil every day.

The United States is also the greatest food........

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