Rancho eclipse

By Economist.com

We invite you to predict when China’s economy will overtake America’s

THIS week Barack Obama will meet President Xi Jinping of China for informal talks at Rancho Mirage, a resort town in California. The town has hosted some famous names in the past, including Queen Elizabeth II and Frank Sinatra. But it has received few guests as important as Mr Xi. He heads the world’s most populous country—and he might one day lead the world’s biggest economy. China’s GDP is now only half the size of America’s when converted at market exchange rates. Will it eclipse America’s before Mr Xi’s presidency comes to an end in March 2023? The Economist’s interactive chart below allows you to make your own predictions.