>It might be possible to argue though, that its too big to succeed On the one hand it's already succeeded - second largest economy in the world and all that.

>It might be possible to argue though, that its too big to succeed On the one hand it's already succeeded - second largest economy in the world and all that. But from an economic development point of view, that's a very interesting question. Can China solve its development problems, which are numerous - development of the entire country not just the 30% of the population on the coast, governance of that unprecedented mass of people, and rapidly ramping environmental problems?