Pakistan, Oct. 30 -- These days, it's hard not to pay attention to China. By 2030, China is already predicted to be the most powerful economy in the world by all measures. In just a few decades, the country has become one of the major global players and a force to contend with. A couple of years ago it even managed to overtake the United States as the largest economy in the world, at least if you look at purchasing power.

Typically whenever China is mentioned, it quickly becomes about the numbers, whether it's GDP, population, how long China has been around or how many characters there are in the Chinese language. And let's face it, these numbers are a big part of what makes China what it is. What we want to talk about in this post, howe...