which received peter out over the past 10 years as part of the reason the economy is slowing. another piece is chinese demographics. they are beginning to run low on cheap labor because populations growing older and one of the things xi jinping and other leaders are worried about is the prospect of china growing old before it grows rich and that combination of factors, china may top the u.s. in terms of gdp by the end, it may not. in that case there s a real possibility china may never catch up with the united states. host: a call from china. john, independent line. caller: hello, greetings. good morning. thank you so much for c-span. my wife and i have been living in china for 20 years. we work in the field of education. i encourage americans to dig a little deeper to do their homework and not be swayed by sensationalizing articles because the truth is much more positive than often we hear in these horror stories. hello? host: specifically, what do you mean. give an ex