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China’s Rise Will Be Short-Lived

The Brits were the first to industrialize, and since they were literally inventing industrialization as they went, the process took seven generations. The later the start, the more paved the road to industrialization, the faster and easier the journey. China, not beginning until after one Richard M. Nixon traveled to Beijing to visit one Mao Zedong, has done it in one.