I can't believe the quantity of Chinese output would be lower for instance: it's not the same quality and doesnt focus on the same subjects, but it's a lot of p

I can't believe the quantity of Chinese output would be lower for instance: it's not the same quality and doesnt focus on the same subjects, but it's a lot of people talking and writing about lots of stuff, for a lot longer, no? You forget how impoverished the vast majority of Chinese speakers have been for the history of the printed word. The US by itself still publishes more original works every year than China, though it's a shrinking gap.