Chinese President Xi Jinping with Brazil’s former President Michel Temer meeting in 2017. Brazil and China are original members of the Brics. Photo by Lintao Zhang/Pool/Getty Images.

In 2001, when Chinese economic output was worth around $1.3trn (less than the UK’s GDP), the Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill wrote a briefing note: Building Better Economic Brics.…

This data comes from the ChinaPulse.com media intelligence and smart news insights monitoring platform.

Chinese President Xi Jinping with Brazil’s former President Michel Temer meeting in 2017. Brazil and China are original members of the Brics. Photo by Lintao Zhang/Pool/Getty Images.

In 2001, when Chinese economic output was worth around $1.3trn (less than the UK’s GDP), the Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill wrote a briefing note: Building Better Economic Brics.…

This data comes from the ChinaPulse.com media intelligence and smart news insights monitoring platform.