Rarely can a simple series of maps tell us so much about an economic era. China’s rise from a poverty-stricken outpost of the global economy to an export powerhouse may be well known, but it remains striking nonetheless.
In 2000, a year before China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, the US was the pre-eminent goods exporter to most of the world.
Beijing’s sphere of influence was largely limited to close neighbours, ideological confrères and states frozen out by the west, such as North Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, Iran, Libya and Cuba.
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