In 2010, China became the world's leading manufacturer.
Here are the top 15 countries in 2014, listed in order of manufacturing output:

The data is from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_sector_composition
They obtained the data from the CIA factbook.

Nominal GDP sector composition, 2014 (in percentage and in millions of dollars):

№  Country            total GDP      Agri.         Industry        Services    
                     
1    China               10,380,380   944,615   4,422,042     5,013,724
2    United States    17,418,925   209,027   3,327,015   13,882,883
3    Japan                 4,616,335     55,396   1,269,492     3,296,063
4    Germany            3,859,547     30,876   1,084,533     2,744,138
5    Russia                1,857,461     72,441     668,686      1,116,334
6    Brazil                 2,353,025   127,063      644,729     1,581,233
7    United Kingdom  2,945,146     20,616      618,481     2,306,049
8    South Korea       1,416,949     38,258      563,946        814,746
9    India                  2,047,811   356,319      528,335     1,165,204
10  France                2,846,889     54,091      520,981     2,271,817
11  Italy                   2,147,952     42,959      519,804     1,585,189
12  Canada               1,788,717     32,197      511,573     1,244,947
13  Saudi Arabia           752,459    15,049      503,395        234,015
14  Mexico                1,282,725     47,461      438,692        796,572
15  Indonesia               888,648   127,077      416,776        344,795
                     
World                     74,699,258  4,407,256  22,783,274  47,508,728

Quote from: je_freedom on September 07, 2015, 12:37:16 PM
In 2010, China became the world's leading manufacturer.
Here are the top 15 countries in 2014, listed in order of manufacturing output:

The data is from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_sector_composition
They obtained the data from the CIA factbook.

Nominal GDP sector composition, 2014 (in percentage and in millions of dollars):

№  Country            total GDP      Agri.         Industry        Services    
                     
1    China               10,380,380   944,615   4,422,042     5,013,724
2    United States    17,418,925   209,027   3,327,015   13,882,883
3    Japan                 4,616,335     55,396   1,269,492     3,296,063
4    Germany            3,859,547     30,876   1,084,533     2,744,138
5    Russia                1,857,461     72,441     668,686      1,116,334
6    Brazil                 2,353,025   127,063      644,729     1,581,233
7    United Kingdom  2,945,146     20,616      618,481     2,306,049
8    South Korea       1,416,949     38,258      563,946        814,746
9    India                  2,047,811   356,319      528,335     1,165,204
10  France                2,846,889     54,091      520,981     2,271,817
11  Italy                   2,147,952     42,959      519,804     1,585,189
12  Canada               1,788,717     32,197      511,573     1,244,947
13  Saudi Arabia           752,459    15,049      503,395        234,015
14  Mexico                1,282,725     47,461      438,692        796,572
15  Indonesia               888,648   127,077      416,776        344,795
                     
World                     74,699,258  4,407,256  22,783,274  47,508,728

And your point is ----?

The point is, WE are becoming more dependent on China supplying our goods
than they are on us buying them.

Couple this with the fact that China is producing more engineering graduates
than America is producing in all fields of study,
it is becoming clear that, in about 10 or 20 years,
CHINA will dominate the world like America did in 1950!

China will be the sole superpower! 
They'll push us around like the little dwarf we'll be compared to them!

That will NOT be good for anyone who cares at all about human rights anywhere!

What's the number of people in their workforce?

They have 3-4 times more in population than we have.

Out of our population of about 320 million, I think only about one third works. 

Quote from: je_freedom on September 07, 2015, 01:17:29 PM
The point is, WE are becoming more dependent on China supplying our goods
than they are on us buying them.

Couple this with the fact that China is producing more engineering graduates
than America is producing in all fields of study,
it is becoming clear that, in about 10 or 20 years,
CHINA will dominate the world like America did in 1950!

China will be the sole superpower! 
They'll push us around like the little dwarf we'll be compared to them!

That will NOT be good for anyone who cares at all about human rights anywhere!
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We must keep in mind that American companies own many of the suppliers in China. The reason is obviously wages. It has been proven that American companies are fully capable of bringing back manufacturing to the USA if cost of production becomes attractive to them. Your point about engineering students is well made. That is our problem as US parents and students do not see the value of those type degrees and they continue to waste money on liberal arts majors. 

Quote from: supsalemgr on September 07, 2015, 01:53:02 PM
We must keep in mind that American companies own many of the suppliers in China. The reason is obviously wages. It has been proven that American companies are fully capable of bringing back manufacturing to the USA if cost of production becomes attractive to them. Your point about engineering students is well made. That is our problem as US parents and students do not see the value of those type degrees and they continue to waste money on liberal arts majors.

China has a law:  It is illegal for any Chinese company to have foreign majority ownership.
No foreigner will ever be allowed to own a controlling share of any Chinese company.
And if the factory is in China, the government can seize it in time of conflict.

The situation with engineering students is largely caused by American schools.
The schools are intentionally designed to NOT educate children.
They are designed to conduct political indoctrination.

Most teachers go into teaching because it's a way to get a college degree
and a fairly well-paying job
without having to take any serious math or science.

Their dislike of math and science rubs off on the children.
Long before 7th grade, they have been programmed to NEVER be interested in math or science!

Because of this, it is becoming impossible to "reshore" many jobs
because there are getting to be so few Americans capable of doing them!

The chart at your link Nominal GDP sector composition, 2014 (in percentage and in millions of dollars):

has USA #1 and China #2. 

Quote from: tac on September 07, 2015, 02:46:13 PM
The chart at your link Nominal GDP sector composition, 2014 (in percentage and in millions of dollars):

has USA #1 and China #2. 

Nominal GDP includes such things as:

- therapists for children didn't get picked to play ball
- Department of Education administrators
- D.C. beltway contractors (who write studies that never get read)
- political consultants
- fashion designers
- hairdressers
- nudie bars

I wanted to compare countries in terms of actual economic output - manufactured goods.

China is already the clear leader - and rising fast!

We're screwed.

And they are world leaders/manufacturing role models for the very best in lead-based toys and merchandise!