China has some advantages(and disadvantages too) over the rest of the world in general: - It is huge, with lots of resources inside China. China also controls

China has some advantages(and disadvantages too) over the rest of the world in general: - It is huge, with lots of resources inside China. China also controls Tibet, non populated and with lots of natural resources. - Population density is enormous. Some cities in the tens of millions of citizens, lots of cities in the millions. - Very good communications by rivers and channels and also the sea with the rest of the world. - Environmental laws are a joke there. Rule of law does not exist like in the West. In the West caring for the environment make things more expensive. In China you just trow away waste.