...in the international phone system. 1 is the country code for the US!
No it's not. You can also reach people in Canada by using 1 as the country code.
This #1 attitude you yanks have won't do you very well when China surpasses you as the #1 economy in the next couple years.
China is about to collapse (economically).
All those statistics are bunk.
They are building empty cities to make it look like they are growing.