"Montblack" wrote in
:

("kontiki" wrote)
One word: China

More words:

It's 1907 and Europe doesn't quite have a handle on the scope of what's
happening in the (industrial) U.S.

It's 2007 and the U.S. doesn't quite have a handle on the scope of what's
happening in (industrial) China.

So illuminate. What exactly is the scope of what's happening in (industrial)
China?