Also, China is becoming more and more industrialized. This has caused their demand for metals to go through the roof, which we are seeing with more expensive goods(and gas)here. China has nearly five times as many people as we do, and this is only going to get worse. Maybe people should think about that when they're buying goods made in China. And as long as we're making predictions about the economy, anyone wanna take a guess as to how long it will be before China is the leading power on Earth?