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The Great China vs USA Productivity Debate – 1912

Posted: February 9th, 2016 | No Comments »

This debate never goes away!! In 1912 the China Press was a new English language newspaper established in Shanghai only the year before by Americans from St Louis. The American press was keen to compare productivity….and here’s one way they framed the argument….

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