yes, china's growth is in large part a brute-force effect. because it encapsulates growth, the size of the economy, and our existing knowledge (i.e. korea and

yes, china's growth is in large part a brute-force effect. because it encapsulates growth, the size of the economy, and our existing knowledge (i.e. korea and japan are waaay smaller than china), this (d3) graph http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/08/business/global/asia-map.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/08/business/globa... summarizes the situation better than any of the one-dimensional stats from the article.