Think of China. What do you see? Beijing bankers hauling us out of debt? Factory workers putting in long hours? Both face the same threat from the West - diabetes.
That's right, the scourge of fatties everywhere. We sent it their way with our fast food and corn syrup. They now have 92 million diabetics. Research shows that if only half got treatment at a third of the price it costs over here, China would still have to spend the equivalent of its defence budget.
It's getting worse too. Another 150 million Chinese are showing signs of pre-diabetes and 13 per cent of Shanghai school children are considered obese.
We worried about their secret weapons but we felled them with fat. Just when we need them most. Now they are rushing to build a medical research plant to produce the drugs they need. We used to joke that the Chinese would eat anything with legs that wasn't a chair. Can't say I find this latest trend all that funny.
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