There are some great news stories out today for the OCR A593 international paper as we see China leap frog Japan to become the number 2 economy in the world. How long will it take China to get ahead of the USA who occupy the top spot? China is already the biggest exporter, auto buyer and steel producer. China’s GDP for the second quarter of 2010 stood at $1.337 trillion, more than Japan’s $1.288 trillion.
Japan has held the second spot in the world standings since 1968.
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