China’s Economy Won’t Overtake US, Some Now Predict

HONG KONG — The sharp slowdown in Chinese growth over the past year is prompting many pundits to reconsider when China will overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy — or even if it ever will.

Until recently, many economists assumed China’s gross domestic product measured in U.S. dollars would overtake that of the United States by the end of the decade, capping what many consider to be China’s most extraordinary economic ascent. all the time.