China vs United States: A Visual Comparison

I understand the perspective something like this is meant to convey, but it could be misleading. I would want to know what the data is, the methodology with which it was gathered, and the formulas applied to get these results.

so what？
这又能怎么样呢？

Never believe a statistic which you haven´t faked yourself!

@John,

I understand that seeing a chart without scale or numbers can put people in state of fear, confusion, and uncertainty. But this graphic is about relativity and comparison. Added units would not help the understanding here. You may be right, that making up 1/3 of a trillion barrels of oil is harder than 1/3 of a billion, but what about nuclear weapons? It is much easier to from 300 to 3,000 nukes than it is to go from 0 to 1. So it’s not really about units and scale, as each figure would essentially require it’s own back story to comprehend at the level you are looking for. This graphic is a quick and easy comparison of the US and PRC.

@Jeremiah The US is higher in industry production in total, however the rate of growth in china far exceeds the US. Meaning that China is greatly expanding its capacity and will likely catch up with the US at some point.

@Fred The source is the CIA World Fact Book which is linked to in the introduction.

Very cool, wouldn’t mind knowing where the stats come from.

Funny, When Yankee Doodle does a chart he chooses his categories “soooo!!!” carefully, not to reveal the truth in the slightest! Where is the factory production per person per month / cost per month Block? Where is the Hours actually worked, Chinese vs Hours actually worked American, per month in comparable factories? And, how about Korea, they guarantee the Hyundai and Kia cars they produce for ten years, double Yankee Doodles best offer? no chart for that stat? Where is the monthly food bill/ per capita, Chinese factory worker v.s. American factory worker Where is the magic ratio of Off-shore to China, / American lost industries? Why don’t you show the success of the GM Vaporware Volt v.s. The Chinese miracle volt knock-off, now driven in Shanghai daily, and sold to Israel by contact already, graph? Why don’t you show the Chinese built Buick LeSabres durability v.s. the American Buick Lesabers durability? , mileage? cost? But mostly, when you set out to produce a page of propaganda and hate literature, you really must include known references quoted in you work, even if they are obscure, obfuscated and harder than Hymens in a whore-house to find!

What the hell is ‘quasi money’?

Cool charts, good stuff.

units would give this meaning

This is why I’m stockpiling a variety of guns and ammunition. No chinese soldier will take me or my family alive.

try reading the freaking article!

“we have simplified the data from the CIA World Factbook. For the exact numbers in any category, check here.”

If you want scale and numbers use your favorite web search. Nothing on these charts is more then a well worded search phrase away. These posters are not meant to provided you with the equivalent of a life times worth of study and wisdom pertaining to the differences in US and Chinese culture, politics and lifestyle. They are a quick glimpse at the relative scale of different aspects of two countries compared to each other. P.S. if you bothered to visit the http://wallstats.com/ website you could actually contact the author for more info.

The last statistic on nuclear weapons makes every single other one obselete. At least as it appears the world is heading in a direction of self destruction.

We have more nukes. I feel better now.

Another nice graphic presentation. Good work

No unemployment in China? Sure!!!

uhhh, this is confusing

China is better placed because it can increase money without incurring in debt – contrary to the US where the central bank – the Fed – is privately owned. (i.e. China can sustain growth with the M1-M2 seigniorage instead of increasing interest and public debt repayments)

That’s all, folks!

Choose Freedom: What’s the point in “economic freedom” when your government prints prints never-ending reams of money and gives all of your nation’s jobs away so that you can barely make money in the first place, knowing that next year, everything will be 30% more in price while you’ll still be making what you do now? That’s a rhetorical question: There is no point. You’re too broke TO have money TO be free with!

加油 ! 加油 ! 加油 !

“It is so sad that very few will actually read the text before an article before accusing it of false statistics.” – SO TRUE.