CHINA..............

Don't matter whoever invented whatever in centuries past. 

It is whoever capitalised whatever past invention to propel forward into the future that matters most.

Cheers!

China has 19% of the world’s population, but consumes

... 53% of the world's cement
... 48% of the world's iron ore
... 47% of the world's coal
... and the majority of just about every major commodity.

In 2010, China produced 11 times more steel than the United States.

New World Record: China made and sold 18 million vehicles in 2010.

China currently has the world’s fastest train and the world’s largest

high-speed rail network.

China is currently the number one producer in the world of wind

and solar power.

  

China currently controls more than 90% of the total global supply of rare earth elements.

In the past 15 years, China has moved from 14th place to 2nd place

in the world in published scientific research articles.

 

China now possesses the fastest supercomputer on the entire globe.

As at the end of March 2011, China has accumulated US$3.04 trillion in foreign currency reserves - the largest stockpile on the entire globe.

Chinese consume 50,000 cigarettes every second …Not an enviable

record though …