"Do not take it for granted that China is number two, and do not make the assumption that we will be number one sooner or later."
— China

January 1, 1970

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Chen Deming, as quoted in "If China thinks it’s overtaking the US any time soon, here’s a wake-up call" (21 April 2019), by Cary Huang, This Week in Asia, SCMP