# New Structural Economics

The Fifty-Percent Threshold: Justin Yifu Lin on China’s Path to Geopolitical Parity

Prominent economist Justin Yifu Lin argues that the United States will accept China's rise once China's per capita GDP reaches half of the U.S. level, effectively making the Chinese economy twice the size of the American one. Lin believes this economic reality will eventually force Washington to abandon containment strategies in favor of mutual acceptance.