China Passes Japan as Second-Largest Economy (Published 2010)The Lujiazui Financial Area in Shanghai. China has begun to reshape the way the global economy functions.Credit...Aly Song/Reuters SHANGHAI � After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world’s second-largest economy behind the United States, according to government figures released early Monday. The milestone, though anticipated for some time,
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