Sharp, your posts are detailed and interesting mate, but I personally don't put any stock in this 2nd biggest economy crap. They fiddle the figures like they fiddle the value of the RMB to fuck the USA over. I go off the below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

Now the chinese may get all red faced like their beloved commie terrorist flag, but facts are facts. China is down around number 90, with the likes of Grenada and Jordan. Meanwhile the UK and the Sultanate of Oman are in the mid 20s, and Taiwan is even higher at around 17. Macau (as a country) is number 1 or in the top 5 depending on the measurement. China can argue all it likes, as one political historian said about the former USSR, just upper volta with nukes. In this case, China is just some banana republic with high speed railways and shiny new airports.........