China overtook the U.S. as the largest personal-computer market last quarter, after three decades of American dominance in an industry pioneered by Apple Inc. (AAPL) and International Business Machines Corp. Personal-computer shipments in China rose 14 percent to 18.5 million units during the second quarter, the first time they surpassed the number in the U.S., where they fell 4.8 percent to 17.7 million, Bryan Ma, an analyst at research firm IDC, said in an interview today. On a full-year basis. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...pc-market-researcher-says.html?cmpid=msnmoney Most people are gonna show off their smarts and comment that now it's China's time and that time will pass just like America is passing by. If you are one of those people, I have to inform you that you don't know half of the story. China's time will not simply pass ever, cause they have something US doesn't, they have their own currency. Federal Reserve is not federal and there are NO reserves. FED is a Private not national, PRIVATE central bank owned by European Jewish families as well as owned to a lesser extent by Goldman Sachs of US and few other banks. Federal reserve came to power in 1913 by finding a way to screw democracy and pay off congressmen, read book, creature from Jekyll Island.. FED prints and LOANS dollars to US government, every single dollar exists with interest attached to it which is not the case with China and Russia. FED is above the government in power FED is above the congress in power FED is owner and GOD of United States. Fed owns the US dollar as currency, dollar is their property not yours. Names of people who own the fed are, Rothschilds, Morgans, Warburgs, and to lesser extent Rockefellers They are living breathing people of flesh and bone