We’ve all heard the spiel about the GDP (I got it in high school first and the media later) and how it’s the measure of a country’s economic blahblahblah, and how it’s the primary scorecard that policymakers, economists, international agencies and the media use to show how well we’re doing… but personally, I never did trust suits, so I decided to look a little further.¬† 
Imagine a country with a vibrant, bustling economy whose growth seems to know no bounds even in these trying times.¬† New business is springing up everywhere you look and there’s no end in sight.¬† Concrete, steel, ships, textiles, automobiles, you name it!¬† And those are just the big ticket items!
No, it’s not some fairytale land of make believe and puppy dogs… it’s China.¬† Home of all things manufactured!¬† Hell, the toothpicks I bought yesterday are from China!