China’s economic growth caused adverse reaction of the US — economist

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Economist Jeffrey Sachs argues that China’s economic growth alarmed U.S. strategists who expected the United States and the broader West to remain dominant for centuries. The article presents this as an interpretation of U.S. reactions to China’s rise.

It was alarming to the strategists and statesmen of the US who thought that the West and therefore the United States would rule the world for centuries to come, Jeffrey Sachs noted