The strength of the economy of communist China has surpassed that of Japan’s, making it the world’s second strongest economy after the United States of America. Not surprising as both the US and Japan are heavily dependant on the communist regime to produce low and high quality goods dirt-cheap for their own markets and exports. Communist China claims its economy had expanded 11.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2010, and is is anticipating an overall annual 9% year-on-year growth. China is reportedly seen a growth rate averaging more than 9.5% since 1980. It expects to see an 8% growth between 2010-2020 and a further 6% between 2020-2030. However no mention was made about human rights violations and the exploitation of children and political prisoners, who are responsible for a high percentage of the announced results. China is also facing severe power shedding problems as it can’t cope with the mass demand of energy. Also its communist regime is still investing heavily in military armament as it still wants to convince the world that Taiwan belongs to mainland China.