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I think that's reasonable and probably would too at this point, but up

until recently it's very much been "conventional wisdom" that it'll happen by 2030. Still, per capita will never likely be even comparable in any of our lifetimes. China is below world average per capita behind countries like Equatorial Guinea, Grenada and Malaysia.

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Posted: 06/16/2019 at 6:03PM

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