More evidence of the decline of America

MORE EVIDENCE OF THE DECLINE OF AMERICA


"The Chinese ... drank hardly any beer, until as recently as 1980, consuming 0.2 billion litres a year, as against 24 billion litres in the United States. Since

2003, however, China has overtaken America as the largest market for beer, and now drinks a fifth of all the beer in the world."

--Bee Wilson, "Drink beer, it makes you drunk," The Times Literary Supplement (January 27, 2012), p. 5; image from