Also bear in mind that China's "GDP" is much more reflective of productive capacity than America's exaggerated "GDP" is. They have reached a level of industrial parity with the West that the Soviets never came close to, and show no signs of stopping or even slowing down
USSR was 1/3 the GDP of shartmerica wheen it collapsed, China is already like 4/5 the GDP
Also bear in mind that China's "GDP" is much more reflective of productive capacity than America's exaggerated "GDP" is. They have reached a level of industrial parity with the West that the Soviets never came close to, and show no signs of stopping or even slowing down
And even then China has not even caught up the Per-Capita GDP that the Soviet Union accomplished in the 1980s.
The Soviet Union was an economic and industrial powerhouse.
Soviet GDP/capita in 1980 was $5800/person, in 1991 $9200, Chinese GDP/capita is now roughly $10,500 per capita, per the world bank.
Is that accounting for inflation?
With inflation $5800 would be $19,564.30 today.
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Its also significantly higher when adjusting for purchasing power parity