>Lots of people thought Japan would overtake the US as well, and that didn't exactly pan out. not even comparable situations, Japan has a fraction of the popul

>Lots of people thought Japan would overtake the US as well, and that didn't exactly pan out. not even comparable situations, Japan has a fraction of the population, natural resources, isn't a nuclear power, and is effectively militarily occupied by the US to this day. People using Japan as a comparison to China are either naive or just coping with reality to comfort themselves