You’ve probably heard the figure thousands of times: roughly 70% of U.S. GDP is consumer spending.
That number is very different in China. In China, consumer spending accounts for only 35% of Chinese GDP.
The reason for the huge difference is simple — the Chinese (as all Asians) save a huge percentage of their income.
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