China is now the world's number one manufacturer, number one exporter, and number one consumer market for oil, vehicles, and smartphones, yet the West cannot figure out how to provide economic and social opportunity for the lower middle class and middle class anymore.
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“China is now the world's number one manufacturer, number one exporter, and number one consumer market for oil, vehicles, smartphones, and down the line. Meanwhile, we can't figure out how to provide economic and social opportunity for the lower middle class and the middle class anymore.”
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Stephen Kotkin: Sphere of Influence I - The Gift of Geopolitics: How Worlds are Made, and Unmade— IWMViennaCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:14:33 PM
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