Full Article On the Eurasian landmass, this is a reversal of historic proportions. In 1914, the GDP per capita of the Tsarist Empire was approximately three times China’s; by the 1970s, it was six. […] Forty years later, in terms of purchasing power parity, China has nearly caught up with Russian GDP per capita. […] Multiplied by its giant population, China’s GDP is now more than nine times larger than Russia’s.