Comments by "神州 Shenzhou" (@Shenzhou.) on "The Real Reason America is Scared of China Global Expansion" video.

  1. China is currently at peace and not at war with any country, since our last major conflict in 1979. Instead of making war, China is building infrastructure like roads, railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, powerstations, dams, ports, airports, etc and investing in developing countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and also African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Chad, Sudan, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, etc. Whereas the United States is warmonger being involved in Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghan War, Libyan War, Syrian War, Yemen War, etc, even in the 21st century. USA is bombing in those Middle Eastern countries and enacting regime change by cutting off their "heads" (Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, etc) and then installing their own US puppet governments in place. If anything, the US is a threat to global peace and stability.
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  2. During the 19th century, Britain was a colonial superpower. During the 20th century, the United States overtook Britain as a superpower. But from 1-1800 AD, China (and India) were superpowers who made up 25% of the world's GDP at that time. ...Also, in the 21st century, China is expected to overtake the USA.
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  3. Fun Fact: The amount of concrete used by the USA in the whole 20th century is what China used in 3 years.
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  4.  @robinmiller871  Prison labor literally contributes to the U.S economy.
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  5. Taiwan's ability to stubbornly hold out against reunification stems from perceived U.S support. But it's no secret that U.S is in decline and China is rising. Time is on China's side, and as long as peace prevails, the U.S would decline to the point where they can no longer afford to challenge China's rise. By then, Taiwan's backing would evaporate and reunification with the mainland will be inevitable. The mainland should try not to get suckered into an unnecessary conflict over Taiwan.
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  6. The Americans had promised to grant Philippines independence if they helped them against the Spanish. But instead, the Americans broke their promise and took Philippines as an American colony, resulting in the Philippine–American War where an estimated 200,000 Filipino civilians died. The Philippines lost the war and became an American colony.
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  7. Malcom X had spoken admiringly of Mao's global leadership at a rally in Harlem in November 1964, saying that it took a strong China to give a Chinese person respect, so the same respect will come to Africans with a strong Africa.
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  8.  @bennettolocki1731  You said: "please remember if it wasn't for the US and it's allies, China would be speaking Japanese and Europe would be speaking German" Japan had invaded Manchuria in 1931 (8 years before Germany attacked Poland) and the U.S were content to let Japan occupy more and more Chinese territory. Only in 1942 did U.S join China in the war against the Japanese, and it wasn't for China's sake, it was because Pearl Harbor was bombed. So in effect, China had fought Japan for 14 years (1931-1945) with 11 years alone, whereas the U.S fought Japan for 3 years (1942-1945) with help from China.
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  9. Many Chinese tend to hold a optimistic view and look forward to a bright future ahead. However, many Westerners (but not all) are seemingly pessimistic and tend to have a gloomy outlook of the future.
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  10.  @bennettolocki1731  You said: "the Chinese schools teach that China defeated Japan during world War 2." Could you point out which part is wrong? Japan was clearly defeated after WWII and China emerged victorious is it not?
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  11. China is currently at peace and not at war with any country, since our last major conflict in 1979. Instead of making war, China is building infrastructure like roads, railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, powerstations, dams, ports, airports, etc and investing in developing countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and also African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Chad, Sudan, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, etc. Whereas the United States is warmonger being involved in Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghan War, Libyan War, Syrian War, Yemen War, etc, even in the 21st century. USA is bombing in those Middle Eastern countries and enacting regime change by cutting off their "heads" (Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, etc) and then installing their own US puppet governments in place. If anything, the US is a threat to global peace and stability.
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  12. China is willing to cooperate with the U.S over climate change. The question is whether the U.S is willing to do the same with China.
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  13.  @GreenBeamzzz  About the chip industry, humans are approaching the theoretical limit of just how small companies like TMSC can manufacture silicon-based chips. After which it would be physically impossible to make chips any smaller, and Moore's Law would be broken. However, alternatives like carbon-based chips using graphene, exhibit promising results such as better conductivity, better heat dissipation and better efficiency than the silicon-based chips used in TSMC, and mainland China is investing in carbon-based chip fabrication technology.
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  14. The U.S mainstream political discourse is sadly lacking in rational and sensible points, like those put forth by Cyrus.
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  15. Dismantle the U.S Milt-Industrial Complex!
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  16.  @GreenBeamzzz  "神州 Shenzhou Your brainwashed I’ve seen your comments on other channels" Care to attempt to refute my points then, since you claimed that I am brainwashed?
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  17. Agreed. Even the once powerful 19th century British Empire faded into a shadow of its former self, and was overtaken by the United States in the 20th century. In the 21st century, China is expected to do the same to the USA.
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  18.  @nadiasawicki4108  "Really? If that is the case why has China got half the world's grain?" China has the world's largest population so of course we need to secure our food sources. Furthermore, Western countries literally slapped sanctions on wheat from Russia (world's largest wheat exporter) then why blame China for Western countries sanctioning of Russia? You said: "Why do they need harbours everywhere?" Because harbours are needed for maritime trade. The question you should be asking is why USA needs military bases all over the globe.
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  19. ​ @GreenBeamzzz  "US has been supporting Taiwan for a hundred plus years" The U.S has been supporting the Nationalist Kuomintang since the Republic of China 🇹🇼 (1912-1949) period. But corruption was rampant within the KMT, and they pocketed some $750,000,000 in U.S aid. So much such that even U.S President Harry Truman made a remark about KMT corruption, and wrote that the wrote that "the Chiangs, the Kungs and the Soongs (were) all thieves".
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  20. Russophobia is driven by the Red Scare (fear of communism) mindset. Sinophobia is driven by the Yellow Peril (fear of Asians overrunning the West) mindset.
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  21.  Karen Xitler  So what are the occupations of the two Michaels, compared to Meng Wanzhou, whom everyone knows is the Huawei CFO?
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  22. China focus on domestic issues, instead of intervening in other country's internal problems. U.S intervene in other country's internal problems, instead of focusing on domestic issues.
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  23.  Moonland Almond  "East Turkestan" is a fake name coined in the 19th century by Russian Turkologists (including Nikita Bichurin) to replace the common Western term for the region, Chinese Turkestan. There was no such country historically, it is merely an attempt to separate actual Chinese territory away from the mainland. Also, I've literally cited statistics that show that the population of Uighurs in China nearly quadrupled from 3 million in 1953 to 11 million in 2020, yet you can't refute my point? Then what is the population of Uighurs in China you tell me, if you dispute my sources?
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  24.  @dowels8749  There are multiple ways to transcribe Chinese characters into English. Both Mao Zedong and Mao Tse Tung are acceptable. Just like Qingdao is also called Tsingtao.
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  25.  @johnsilver9338  "But hostile to your own neighbors like South East Asia." China is the largest trading partner of many South East Asian (or ASEAN) countries, how is China hostile to our neighbors in SE Asia? Is China currently at war with any SE Asian nation?
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  26.  Tiananmen Square MASSACARE  Do Canadians even know what occupation the two Michaels do? Whereas everyone knows Meng Wanzhou is Huawei's CFO.
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  27. China focus on domestic issues, instead of intervening in other country's internal problems. U.S intervene in other country's internal problems, instead of focusing on domestic issues.
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  28.  Moonland Almond  What genocide? The population of Uighurs in China nearly quadrupled from 3 million in 1953 to 11 million in 2020. That's because Uighurs aren't subject to the One Child Policy (unlike Han) and can have as many kids as they want. Population of Uighurs in China according to ethnic group in censuses 1953–2020 1953: 3,640,125 1964: 3,996,311 1982: 5,917,030 1990: 7,207,024 2000: 8,399,393 2010: 10,069,346 2020: 11,774,538 ... Source: Wikipedia: Demographics of China
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  29. China is willing to work with the U.S on global challenges like climate change. But is the U.S willing to do the same with China?
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  30. Modern day democracy only has a history of around 100-200 years, and it's not guaranteed to be successful in the long run. The closest ancient democratic equivalent would probably be the Republic of Rome, and even that empire eventually crumbled. What we are witnessing now is the same thing happening to the U.S with the decline of Western democracy.
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  31.  @lucdubois3927  If you want to talk about prison populations, then it's the USA that has the world's largest prison incarceration rate, and their prisons are so full and packed to overcapacity, that the U.S government sometimes releases convicts back onto the streets to ease the overcrowded situation of its prisons.
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  32. They need to get rid of American Exceptionalism first.
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  33.  Moonland Almond  You said: "We went to China to study Chinese language." 你真的去过中国学中文吗？那你应该知道“东突厥斯坦”是西方旅行家、地理学家用于描述塔里木盆地一带的地理概念之一，19世纪初因俄国汉学家的使用而传播开来，历史上从未有过这样的国家。
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  34.  @nedkelly9688  "神州 Shenzhou so Asians have all invaded one another at one time in history.. go look in the mirror." True, but it's mostly limited to within the region of Asia. Whereas the United States is sending armies to invade countries from the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
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  35. Even baby formula is in short supply at the moment in the U.S.
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  36.  @yvieanaysha5384  The population of Uighurs in China actually nearly quadrupled in size from 3 million in 1953 to 11 million in 2020. This is because Uighurs aren't subject to the One-Child policy (unlike Han) so they can have as many kids as they want. Population of Uighurs in China according to ethnic group in censuses 1953–2020 1953: 3,640,125 1964: 3,996,311 1982: 5,917,030 1990: 7,207,024 2000: 8,399,393 2010: 10,069,346 2020: 11,774,538 ... Source: Wikipedia: Demographics of China
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  37.  @junebug8485  "So in your opinion, muammar gaddafi was the better option?" Libya was once North Africa's most prosperous democracy under Muammar Gaddafi, until the U.S killed him and Libya today is a shadow of it's former self. Gaddafi was about to introduce the Gold Dinar, an African currency backed by gold that could free Africa from the tyranny of the U.S Dollar.
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  38. Singapore is the only South East Asian country to have slapped sanctions on Russia. The result is Russia blacklisting Singapore as one of its "unfriendly countries". Great job at being neutral, Singapore.
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  39.  @creatorofgods1668  "神州 Shenzhou You can’t compare to the benefits prison inmates receive here in the U.S" In my opinion, prison life is NOT supposed to be fun! It's suppose to be a punishment for breaking the law; a deterrent that makes potential criminals think twice before committing crimes. If you make prison life so "tolerable" then once these ex-convicts return to society, many (but not all) will find it easier to return to a life of crime and wound up behind bars again. Because to them, life in prison is better than outside. Furthermore, there's this stigma about hiring ex-convicts in many societies.
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  40. Western political discourse is lacking in rational and sensible points, such as those put forth by Cyrus in this video.
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  41. China did even better, China did not found any overseas colonies, nor seized lands like what Western colonial powers did.
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  42.  @rickeydu8742  My point is that the population of Uighurs in China nearly quadrupled from 3 million (1953) to 11 million (2020), yet the Western claims of Uighur genocide still persist
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  43.  @tammystewart10  Elon Musk recently opened Tesla's first overseas "giga-factory" in Shanghai not too long ago. China also sold more light-duty plug-in EVs than any other in the world. Top-selling light-duty plug-in electric vehicle global markets 1. China (7,861) 2. Europe (5,647) 3. United States (2,349) 4. Germany (1,382) 5. California (1,072) 6. France (786) 7. United Kingdom (747) 8. Norway (647) 9. The Netherlands (390) 10. Sweden (356) 11. Japan (349) ... Source: Wikipedia: Electric car use by country
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  44. Greek democracy believes that ordinary people should be allowed to choose and elect their leaders. Confucius taught that the relationship between ruler and subject should be virtuous. Rulers are expected to rule benevolently, and in return, the subjects are expected to adhere to the ruler's commands.
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  45. It doesn't always have to be a zero-sum game, where one benefits at the expense of others. China is striving for win-win scenarios where both parties benefit.
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  46.  Moonland Almond  What genocide? The population of Uighurs in China has nearly quadrupled from 3 million in 1953 to 11 million in 2020. That's because Uighurs aren't subject to the One Child Policy (unlike Han) so they can have as many kids as they want. Population of Uighurs in China according to ethnic group in censuses 1953 to 2020 1953: 3,640,125 1964: 3,996,311 1982: 5,917,030 1990: 7,207,024 2000: 8,399,393 2010: 10,069,346 2020: 11,774,538 …… Source: Wikipedia: Demographics of China
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  47. ​ @Logos-Nomos  "let Taipei return to rule the nation of China!" But why did the Republic of China 🇹🇼 (1912-1949) even lose the mainland to the People's Republic of China 🇨🇳 and had to flee to Taiwan in the first place? During the Chinese Civil War, the Nationalist Kuomintang had massive wealth (they taxed peasants heavily) they had superior weapons and superior numbers over the communists. Yet despite these advantages, the KMT still lost the mainland to a bunch of dirt-poor, ill-equipped, starving communist peasants and fled to Taiwan. If anything, this demonstrates the KMT's gross incompetence in their right to rule the mainland, while cementing the communist's right to rule China. Yet you're calling for Taipei to return to rule all of China?
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  48.  @shobhitgupta8406  Which country is China currently at war with? When was the declaration of war?
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  49. That's a good point. Just how much of America's GDP actually comes from its military buildup and not its economic areas?
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  50.  @GreenBeamzzz  "神州 Shenzhou China literally lost against Japan in WW2" Everyone knows that Imperial Japan surrendered at the end of WWII, so how did China lost against Japan? Today, China is not under Imperial Japanese control, so clearly the Japanese lost the war against China, what historical revision are you trying to pull off here?
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  51. China used more concrete in 3 years than the U.S used in the entire 20th century.
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  52. Indeed. The U.S would no longer be able to print money to fund their insane military budget.
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  53.  The Orange Stool Sample  Do Canadians even remember the occupations of the two Michaels? Compared to Meng Wanzhou, whom everyone knows is the Huawei CFO?
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  54.  @GreenBeamzzz  That's correct. China took back our occupied territories from Imperial Japan, so how exactly did China lose the war against Japan? Can't you see the obvious flaw in your logic, or do you need others to point it out to you?
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  55.  @GreenBeamzzz  "神州 Shenzhou The proof is online there’s no need to even question me anymore have a nice day" The online proof shows that Imperial Japan lost WWII and that China emerged victorious against the Japanese after WWII, so how exactly did China lose the war against Japan?
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  56.  @GreenBeamzzz  You said: "Well how did China lose war against Japan when they set their mind on it ?" Again, what lost war? Imperial Japanese surrendered at the end of WWII, so how did China lose the war against the Japanese? What alternative reality are you living in?
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  57.  Karen Xitler  Hong Kong is already freed.
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  58.  Karen Xitler  Hong Kong was taken from China by Britain. During the 19th century, the British wanted to continue drinking Chinese tea, but China did not want anything the West had to offer, so Britain waged two bloody wars with China and forced Chinese to buy opium from them at gunpoint, which we didn't want because it made us sick and was poisoning our people. During this weak period of Chinese history, Hong Kong was taken from China and made into British colony, to act as a drug distribution hub to spread the addiction throughout rest of China. Even when Britain renounced ownership over its former territories, Hong Kong was not fully returned back to China, and China had to agree to Sino-British declaration just for Britain to handover what belongs to us.
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  59. China literally used more concrete in 3 years than the U.S.A did for the whole 20th century.
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  60.  @GreenBeamzzz  "US has been supporting Taiwan for a hundred plus years" You are technically correct, the U.S has been pouring money in support of the Nationalist Kuomintang since the Republic of China 🇹🇼 (1912-1949) period. But corruption was rampant in the KMT and they pocketed some $750,000,000 in U.S aid, that even U.S President Harry Truman made a remark about KMT corruption, and wrote that the wrote that "the Chiangs, the Kungs and the Soongs (were) all thieves".
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  61.  @GreenBeamzzz  You said: "US has been supporting Taiwan for a hundred plus years" You are technically correct, the U.S has been pouring U.S money in support of the Nationalist Kuomintang during Republic of China 🇹🇼 (1912-1949) period. But the KMT was so corrupt that even U.S President Harry Truman made a remark about KMT corruption, and wrote that the wrote that "the Chiangs, the Kungs and the Soongs (were) all thieves", having pocketed $750,000,000 in U.S aid.
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  62.  @lucdubois3927  "神州 Shenzhou if I want to talk about prison populations? That's not the subject," What is the subject then, if not prison populations? Didn't you agree to this topic when you said: "神州 Shenzhou comparing a prison populated with criminals..."?
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  63.  @robinmiller871  It's called projection. Projecting American guilt about African slavery, onto China.
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  64.  @rickeydu8742  My point is that the population of Uighurs in China nearly quadrupled from 3 million (1953) to 11 million (2020), yet the Western claims of Uighur genocide still persist, despite the lack of concrete evidence.
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  65.  @robinmiller871  It's called projection. Projecting American guilt about African slavery, onto China.
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  66.  @Jamrock151  Agreed. Modern India was actually recently unified by the British when they drew India's border. But I got the info from Angus Maddison's study, which classifies India as such.
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  67. In China, the Chinese government controls the state-owned corporations for China's benefit, reining in companies that gone astray. In the U.S, the rich U.S companies control the U.S government for war and profit at the expense of ordinary Americans.
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  68. The solution is to defund and dismantle the U.S Military Industrial Complex.
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  69.  Karen Xitler  Hong Kong is freed after returning to mainland China.
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  70.  @zikoza4829  My bad. You are correct, it is around 23% individually for India and China and combined together, India and China made up almost half of the world's GDP at that time from 1-1800 AD, before the British came along.
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  71. I remember you from back in 2020 where you did not want Trump to be re-elected. Yet here we are today, with Joe Biden having abysmally low approval ratings. It is possible that had Trump been re-elected, there would be no Russian special military operation in Ukraine right now.
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  72. I remember you from back in 2020 where you did not want Trump to be re-elected. It is possible that had Trump been re-elected, there would be no Russian special military operation in Ukraine right now.
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  73.  @yvieanaysha5384  According to The Times article entitled: France fights terror with camps for re-education France will send radicalised Islamists to re-education centres under a €40 million plan to tackle extremism, which the prime minister says is the biggest threat to the nation since Hitler. The suspects will be taught their patriotic duties and forced to undergo psychological treatment in an attempt to counter jihadist indoctrination.
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  74.  Karen Xitler  Japan is the only country to become the target of nuclear attacks, are you sure the Japanese want hypersonic nukes?
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  75.  Karen Xitler  Hong Kong is already freed from Britain
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  76. The U.S media used to be about manufacturing dreams for Americans. Now it's more about manufacturing nightmares to keep Americans fearful of perceived enemies.
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  77. U.S MSM is more about manufacturing nightmares than manufacturing dreams
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  78.  Karen Xitler  Hong Kong is already freed from British Colonial Rule.
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  79.  @walterwayne3081  Agreed. The China-India border was arbitrary drawn by the British and named after Henry McMahon, ignoring the preexisting historical boundaries and without consulting all involved parties. It's basically a colonial remnant, yet the McMahon line still remains as a dispute today between China and our neighbor, India.
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  80. The real truth is out there, but Western media seeks to twist the narrative to suit their agenda. As Mark Twain (allegedly) once said, “If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.”
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  81. It may be stereotypical of course, but Chinese are perhaps among the most intelligent and diligent peoples, with long histories and rich culture. Chinese can perform all manner of work, from farmers, laborers (coolies), rickshaw drivers, to chefs (of Chinese restaurants) laudromat workers, nail salon workers, to doctors, lawyers, businessmen, scientists, etc. It almost seems like no job is too low or too high for Chinese. Of course, its just stereotypes that aren't necessarily true, but there probably have been many of such occurrences to create these stereotypes in the first place.
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  82.  @ronrice1931  They are generalizations and stereotypes of Chinese yes, but it is naive to think that all humans are somehow created equal. People are different and it's disingenuous to pretend that such differences don't exist.
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  83.  @ronrice1931  Are you seriously saying that there's no differences between races? Then why do races exist at all, if there aren't any differences?
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  84. China focus on domestic issues, instead of intervening in other country's internal problems. The U.S intervenes in other country's internal problems, instead of focusing on their own domestic issues.
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  85. Russophobia and Sinophobia in the West are driven in part by the Red Scare and Yellow Peril mindset.
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  86.  @MarkYeung1  Sanctions clearly don't work on North Korea. How long have the U.S been sanctioning the DPRK and has it resulted in regime change? This just goes to show the futility of U.S sanctions in enacting regime change. In fact, China is arguing for the easing of sanctions on North Korea on humanitarian grounds. Dialogue is the key to diffusing tensions on the Korean peninsula. (I also found it ironic that the U.S tested a missile in mid-March, yet nobody wants to sanction the U.S for its missile tests).
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  87. Fear of China and Russia has been driven in part due to the Red Scare (fear of communism) and the Yellow Peril (fear of Asians overrunning the West)
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  88.  @Logos-Nomos  If they are the legit government, then why'd the Nationalist KMT lost the mainland to a bunch of dirt-poor, ill-equipped, starving communist peasants and had to flee to Taipei? Shouldn't the support of the mainland people be behind the KMT? Yet in the end the KMT had to flee to Taiwan? How does that make Taipei the legit government of China? Even the UN countries voted to recognize the PRC 🇨🇳 as China in the UN security council and to kick the ROC 🇹🇼 out of the UN. The Resolution 2758 was passed in response to Resolution 1668 that required any change in China's representation in the UN be determined by a two-thirds vote referring to Article 18 of the UN Charter. The poll results were as follows: -76 voted for -35 voted against -17 abstained -3 non-voting ... Source: Wikipedia: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 Since the PRC won the vote with two-thirds majority, the resolution was passed on 25 October 1971, and recognized the People's Republic of China as "the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations" and removed "the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek" from the UN. In short, your countries voted democratically in the UN to recognize the PRC and to kick Taiwan out of the UN. So how is Taipei the legit government of China?
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  89.  @Logos-Nomos  Even the UN countries voted to recognize the PRC 🇨🇳 as China in the UN security council and to kick the ROC 🇹🇼 out of the UN. The Resolution 2758 was passed in response to Resolution 1668 that required any change in China's representation in the UN be determined by a two-thirds vote referring to Article 18 of the UN Charter. The poll results were as follows: -76 voted for -35 voted against -17 abstained -3 non-voting ... Source: Wikipedia: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 Since the PRC won the vote with two-thirds majority, the resolution was passed on 25 October 1971, and recognized the People's Republic of China as "the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations" and removed "the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek" from the UN. In short, your countries voted democratically in the UN to recognize the PRC and to kick Taiwan out of the UN. So how is Taipei the legit government of China?
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  90.  @Logos-Nomos  If they are the legit government, then why'd the Nationalist KMT lost the mainland to a bunch of dirt-poor, ill-equipped, starving communist peasants and had to flee to Taipei? Shouldn't the support of the mainland people be behind the KMT? Yet in the end the KMT had to flee to Taiwan? How does that make Taipei the legit government of China?
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  91.  @Logos-Nomos  How are they the legit government of China? ROC literally lost the mainland to PRC and had to flee to Taiwan, how does that make them the rightful ruler of China?
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  92.  Moonland Almond  What genocide? The population of Uighurs in China has nearly quadrupled from 3 million (1953) to 11 million (2020). That's because Uighurs aren't subject to the One Child Policy (unlike Han) so they can have as many kids as they want. Population of Uighurs in China according to ethnic group in censuses 1953 to 2020 1953: 3,640,125 1964: 3,996,311 1982: 5,917,030 1990: 7,207,024 2000: 8,399,393 2010: 10,069,346 2020: 11,774,538 …… Source: Wikipedia: Demographics of China
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  93. China builds infrastructure. The U.S destroys infrastructure.
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  94.  @lc5176  You said: "In the coming 1-2 decades china's workforce will shrink dramatically," China is investing into robotics and automation in order to make up for the predicted shortfall in workers in the coming decades. In fact, China is already the largest market for automation. For example, we recently unveiled the Asia's first automated container port in Qingdao in China. The Port of Qingdao has set a record in terms of operation efficiency, and can even work throughout the night in complete darkness. You said: "That combined with China's increasing authoritarianism is stifling innovation and foreign investment. Time is very much against China." Could you explain how is China's authoritarianism stifling innovation? Why do you seem to think authoritarianism stifles innovation? As for foreign investment, China literally overtook the USA as the world's largest recipient of FDI (foreign direct investment) in 2020, having brought in $163 billion in inflows, compared to $134 billion attracted by the United States, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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