It’s official: America is now No. 2

[nyumba kubwa]

Siyo ustawi wa jamii tu. Hata kielimu (kuna international students kibao wa kutoka China Marekani), sayansi na teknolojia, inventions, innovations, pioneering, n.k., Marekani iko mbali mno.

Niliona nchi zinazoongoza kielimu...was US number 1? sina kumbukumbu...

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Niliona nchi zinazoongoza kielimu...was US number 1? sina kumbukumbu...

How objective was that list? Who compiled it? The rubrics used?, etc.,. Maybe you know, but I don't so I'll appreciate it very much if you could provide me or direct me to where I can go and find that info although my point was the education provided in the US by US institutions and it's attraction to international students vis a vis other countries.

But this much I know.

The US has some of the best colleges, universities, and higher learning institutions in the world.

Matter of fact, find me any list of the top higher learning institutions in which the top 3 or 5 did not have two US institutions in it.

*Another thing, check out the list of Nobel laureates in the sciences and economy and see how many Americans or American based recipients are there*

I doubt you will or even if you will, I don't think you will provide me with the feedback. So I'm not really expecting anything from you but just in case........

 

[reandle]

Siyo ustawi wa jamii tu. Hata kielimu (kuna international students kibao wa kutoka China Marekani), sayansi na teknolojia, inventions, innovations, pioneering, n.k., Marekani iko mbali mno.

Mkuu Nyani Ngabu, ukisikia ustawi wa jamii ina-include elimu, yaani unazingatia indicators za UNDP na sio hizi za IMF or World bank ambazo wanaangalia figures!

 

[The hammer]

There's no easy way to say this, so I'll just say it: We're no longer No. 1. Today, we're No. 2. Yes, it's official. The Chinese economy just overtook the United States economy to become the largest in the world. For the first time since Ulysses S. Grant was president, America is not the leading economic power on the planet.
It just happened - and almost nobody noticed.
The International Monetary Fund recently released the latest numbers for the world economy. And when you measure national economic output in "real" terms of goods and services, China will this year produce $17.6 trillion - compared with $17.4 trillion for the U.S.A.
As recently as 2000, we produced nearly three times as much as the Chinese.
To put the numbers slightly differently, China now accounts for 16.5% of the global economy when measured in real purchasing-power terms, compared with 16.3% for the U.S.
This latest economic earthquake follows the development last year when China surpassed the U.S. for the first time in terms of global trade.
I first reported on this looming development over two years ago, but the moment came sooner than I or anyone else had predicted. China's recent decision to bring gross domestic product calculations in line with international standards has revealed activity that had previously gone uncounted.



These calculations are based on a well-established and widely used economic measure known as purchasing-power parity (or PPP), which measures the actual output as opposed to fluctuations in exchange rates. So a Starbucks venti Frappucino served in Beijing counts the same as a venti Frappucino served in Minneapolis, regardless of what happens to be going on among foreign-exchange traders.
PPP is the real way of comparing economies. It is one reported by the IMF and was, for example, the one used by McKinsey & Co. consultants back in the 1990s when they undertook a study of economic productivity on behalf of the British government.


Yes, when you look at mere international exchange rates, the U.S. economy remains bigger than that of China, allegedly by almost 70%. But such measures, although they are widely followed, are largely meaningless. Does the U.S. economy really shrink if the dollar falls 10% on international currency markets? Does the recent plunge in the yen mean the Japanese economy is vanishing before our eyes?
Back in 2012, when I first reported on these figures, the IMF tried to challenge the importance of PPP. I was not surprised. It is not in anyone's interest at the IMF that people in the Western world start focusing too much on the sheer extent of China's power. But the PPP data come from the IMF, not from me. And it is noteworthy that when the IMF's official World Economic Outlook compares countries by their share of world output, it does so using PPP.
Yes, all statistics are open to various quibbles. It is perfectly possible China's latest numbers overstate output - or understate them. That may also be true of U.S. GDP figures. But the IMF data are the best we have.
Make no mistake: This is a geopolitical earthquake with a high reading on the Richter scale. Throughout history, political and military power have always depended on economic power. Britain was the workshop of the world before she ruled the waves. And it was Britain's relative economic decline that preceded the collapse of her power.
And it was a similar story with previous hegemonic powers such as France and Spain.
This will not change anything tomorrow or next week, but it will change almost everything in the longer term. We have lived in a world dominated by the U.S. since at least 1945 and, in many ways, since the late 19th century. And we have lived for 200 years - since the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 - in a world dominated by two reasonably democratic, constitutional countries in Great Britain and the U.S.A. For all their flaws, the two countries have been in the vanguard worldwide in terms of civil liberties, democratic processes and constitutional rights.

source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/official-america-now-no-2-150936444.html

 

[reandle]

Sasa ungejua kuwa population ya Mchina ndio mtaji wake usingesema...

Population kubwa ni mtaji kiuchumi...mradi iende shule ...

Unadhani why Wall street walienda ku invest China...labor...then soko...

Population kubwa ya china ni opportunity kwa investors kwa sababu, big population means big market... na ndio maana kuna baadhi ya wachumi wanakuambia, ukipata tenda ya ku-supply only miswaki nchini China, you'll turn to a billionaire!!

So, wakati big population ni opportunity kwa investors, on the other hand ni big threat katika kufikia ustawi wa kijamii na ndio maana had leo, nchi zenye ustawi mkubwa ni zile zenye small population! Na tatizo hili ndilo inazikumba nchi kama India na Brazil, ambazo pamoja na kwamba uchumi wao upo juu sana, bado wananchi wake walio wengi ni maskini!

Kwa upande mwingine, hata tukiamua kujikita kwenye hizo figures, ingawaje GDP ya China ni kubwa kuliko ya US lakini US ikiwa inamfuatia kwa karibu sana, ukisema ufanye computation ya GDP per capita utaona kwamba pa capital income ya US ni kubwa mara nne ya ile ya China!! Hii maana yake nini? Endapo tuta-assume China and US are new born wanaoingia duniani leo huku wakiwa hawana chochote zaidi ya teknolojia na huo utajiri wa IMF hapo juu kisha wote wakaambiwa watumie utajiri kuboresha maisha ya wananchi wao; keeping other factors constant, US na hilo pato lake dogo kwa China itaweza kuboresha maisha ya watu wake mara nne ya China! Kama zote wataamua kugawa at a flat rate, basi ikiwa Mchina mmoja atapata $ 250, Mmarekani mmoja atapata $ 1000!


Ukitumia mifano hiyo midogo ambayo hata asiye mchumi anaweza kuielewa, ndipo unaweza kufahamu ni kwanini tunasema bado sana kwa China kui-beat US...

 

[Extraterrestrial]

Dont forget hivyo viwanda vyote in China owned by Americans..

So viwanda vyote China vinamilikiwa na USA?Very very poor thinking hata hao wachina wakikusikia watakushangaa.What a poor comment,think big.

 

[nyumba kubwa]

Hatuongelei top five (ambayo US ndio anaye dominate ukokotoaji wake)
Tunaongelea per capita education...nchi ipi ina raia wasomi wengi...

How objective was that list? Who compiled it? The rubrics used?, etc.,. Maybe you know, but I don't so I'll appreciate it very much if you could provide me or direct me to where I can go and find that info although my point was the education provided in the US by US institutions and it's attraction to international students vis a vis other countries.

But this much I know.

The US has some of the best colleges, universities, and higher learning institutions in the world.

Matter of fact, find me any list of the top higher learning institutions in which the top 3 or 5 did not have two US institutions in it.

*Another thing, check out the list of Nobel laureates in the sciences and economy and see how many Americans or American based recipients are there*

I doubt you will or even if you will, I don't think you will provide me with the feedback. So I'm not really expecting anything from you but just in case........

 

[nyumba kubwa]

Unajua population ya Japan? Ya US?????? Brazil????Russia??????

Unaongelea soko...unawezaje kuuza kwa masikini?

Population mtaji ndio maana EA tunataka tuungane...

Unadhani kwa nini uchumi wa Ethiopia kwa sasa unakua kwa kasi ya ajabu?

Population kubwa ya china ni opportunity kwa investors kwa sababu, big population means big market... na ndio maana kuna baadhi ya wachumi wanakuambia, ukipata tenda ya ku-supply only miswaki nchini China, you'll turn to a billionaire!!

So, wakati big population ni opportunity kwa investors, on the other hand ni big threat katika kufikia ustawi wa kijamii na ndio maana had leo, nchi zenye ustawi mkubwa ni zile zenye small population! Na tatizo hili ndilo inazikumba nchi kama India na Brazil, ambazo pamoja na kwamba uchumi wao upo juu sana, bado wananchi wake walio wengi ni maskini!

Kwa upande mwingine, hata tukiamua kujikita kwenye hizo figures, ingawaje GDP ya China ni kubwa kuliko ya US lakini US ikiwa inamfuatia kwa karibu sana, ukisema ufanye computation ya GDP per capita utaona kwamba pa capital income ya US ni kubwa mara nne ya ile ya China!! Hii maana yake nini? Endapo tuta-assume China and US are new born wanaoingia duniani leo huku wakiwa hawana chochote zaidi ya teknolojia na huo utajiri wa IMF hapo juu kisha wote wakaambiwa watumie utajiri kuboresha maisha ya wananchi wao; keeping other factors constant, US na hilo pato lake dogo kwa China itaweza kuboresha maisha ya watu wake mara nne ya China! Kama zote wataamua kugawa at a flat rate, basi ikiwa Mchina mmoja atapata $ 250, Mmarekani mmoja atapata $ 1000!


Ukitumia mifano hiyo midogo ambayo hata asiye mchumi anaweza kuielewa, ndipo unaweza kufahamu ni kwanini tunasema bado sana kwa China kui-beat US...

 

[FaizaFoxy]

Kibanga Ampiga Mkoloni

Mtumwa wa kuzaliwa mwingine huyu hapa, nafikiri ungeanza kujua Tanzania ni ya ngapi kabla ya kutuambia ya Marekani

This is an International forum and what we have here is an International News.

Whats wrong with it?

 

[FaizaFoxy]

Your still young I say!

= You're

 

[jackline1]

mbona sijaona mmarekani anauza mahindi ya kuchoma Dar lakini wachina nimewaona- Hii si ndio hali halisi ya uchina

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Hatuongelei top five (ambayo US ndio anaye dominate ukokotoaji wake)
Tunaongelea per capita education...nchi ipi ina raia wasomi wengi...

Mimi sikuwa naongelea mambo ya per capita education. Hayo ni yako wewe na hukuelewa kabisa nilichokuwa nakiongelea mimi kwa sababu ulininukuu bandiko nililokuwa nimelilenga kwa yule niliyemwuliza na siyo wewe.

Hivyo mambo "Tunaongelea per capita education" mimi sijui hayo unayaongelea na nani!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

mbona sijaona mmarekani anauza mahindi ya kuchoma Dar lakini wachina nimewaona- Hii si ndio hali halisi ya uchina

Ushawi kuona vijiji vya China?

 

[Sexer]

Mchina anayefanya umachinga kariakoo kamzidi mmarekani mnyamwezi!!

 

[Sexer]

Ushawi kuona vijiji vya China?

Vijiji vya china choka mbaya, niliona kimoja kwa tv daraja la kuvukia watu limewekwa gogo refu, kila siku wazazi wanaenda kuvusha watoto wao kwenda na kurudi shule

 

[mjasiria]

haya ni yale ya Nigeria kuingiza pesa nyingi kuliko zote Africa.pato la taifa si kigezo kizuri sana chakusema flani kamuacha flani.kwanza pesa nyingi hutembea kwa watu wachache mf wanaomiliki makampuni makubwa ama wafanyijibiashara wa kubwa.layer za chini zenye karibu 95% ya watu wote hupata pesa ya kukidhi mahitaji tu na si ziada.Nigeria nadhani ndiyo nchi iliyokuwa na pato kubwa la taifa kwa Africa this year SA na sisi(i don't underestimate our power) tuliachwa mbalih mno lakini Nigeria ni nchi yenye majanga mengi ndani ya Africa.being dense populated vijana wake wengi hawana ajira,watu wake hawapati mlo unaofaa kila siku na mengine.hali yao haifanani na ya wasouth hata chembe.

ukija kwa wachina bado wana wananchi wengi wanaoishi kwenye mazingira duni ukilinganisha na America.huduma hazijaweza bado kulingana na wamarekani na si America tu nchi nyingi za ulaya ziko mbele ya China kwenye haya.iwapo china ingekuwa na idadi ndogoh ya watu hatua zao zingekuwa kubwa mno sasa lakini nchi hii ina zaidi ya raia billion 1.3.ni ngumu kuhakikisha raia wak woteg wanauangalizi juu ya masuala kadha wa kadha.
l
ni possible kwa China kupata pato kubwa ila still anasafari ya kuwezqa kukaa juu ya wote.l

missing my Africa

Hata huko US ni hivyo hivyo tu. 1% tu ndio wanamiliki zaidi ya 90% ya uchumi wote wa Marekani. Hakuna jipya hapo ni tabia ya ubepari mahali popote duniani.

 

[Msigazi Mkulu]

Vijiji vya china choka mbaya, niliona kimoja kwa tv daraja la kuvukia watu limewekwa gogo refu, kila siku wazazi wanaenda kuvusha watoto wao kwenda na kurudi shule

Tumia akili za kawaida mkuu, watu hawawez kulingana, hata Tanzania wanaposema ni masikini wakati kuna watu wana mali za kutisha, watu wengine kupata buku kwa wiki ni ishu lakin unakuta mtu anavuta 1.6 billions. Kwahyo hapo kinachoangaliwa ni wingi wa watu matajiri au masikini ndo maana utakuta china ipo juu kiuchumi.

 

[Msigazi Mkulu]

mbona sijaona mmarekani anauza mahindi ya kuchoma Dar lakini wachina nimewaona- Hii si ndio hali halisi ya uchina

Ila mi naona afadhali kwa masikin wa china kuchoma mahindi kuliko masikin wa marekani kucheza video za x.

 

[mjasiria]

Some people are salivating for the US to fall.

Watu wamekuwa wakiandika habari hizi literary tangu Ben Franklin alivyowaambia wamarekani "It's a republic, if you can keep it".

Mimi naona hata nyinyi mnafanya ushabiki tu. Mimi sina hakika na hizi data lakini kusema Marekani haiwezi kuanguka kama anavyosema "your buddy" hapo juu ni ujuha wa hali ya juu sana. Kwani Marekani ni nani hadi ishindikane kuanguka. Hata China ikimzidi mmarekani it is just a matter of atatokea mwingine akae juu ya China.

Kumbukeni kuwa the only permanent thing is change!!

 

[mjasiria]

You know what Nyani Ngabu, kuna watu wanaishi katika dunia ya kusadikika. Marekani hivi leo ikianguka, dunia itapata mtikisiko ambao it is hard even to imagine. China inaweza kuanguka na hata dunia isiyumbe na mfano mzuri ni pale Urusi iliposambaratika, the rest of the world moved on. Itaichukua China miaka mingi sana kuikaribia Marekani but that's assuming hiyo Marekani iko pale pale haisogei. The world's best brains have but one dream...to show their talent in the land of opportunity.

At least wewe umesema itachukua miaka mingi ila inawezekana. Mimi kimsingi wala sijali sana, kinachoniumiza kichwa ni lini sisi watanzania (Ninaamini Mag3 wewe ni mtanzania kama sio utanisamehe) tutafika mahali tujivunie uchumi wetu angalau hata kwenye huu ukanda wa Afrika.