They can compete for limited resources with their labor and thereby acquire a share of world per capita income.
And again I’m confused. What’s the problem here? In order to “acquire” that “share”, China has to buy those resources from the United States, with something of equivalent or better value—mainly the fruits of their labor. They are not gifted that land from the United States as a trophy for being economically globalized, they enhanced their nation’s productivity and now they are buying it with all of those secondary goods they’re making, goods that we value as much more than the land itself. This is just a misunderstanding of how markets work.
Doing multiple comments to keep track of different threads.
And again I’m confused. What’s the problem here? In order to “acquire” that “share”, China has to buy those resources from the United States, with something of equivalent or better value—mainly the fruits of their labor. They are not gifted that land from the United States as a trophy for being economically globalized, they enhanced their nation’s productivity and now they are buying it with all of those secondary goods they’re making, goods that we value as much more than the land itself. This is just a misunderstanding of how markets work.