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On the recordMarch 2, 2011
roughly, we have about a third of the population of China, and we have a gross domestic product that is about three times their size.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin highlights the economic disparity between the U.S. and China.

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