日本内阁府在今春公布了2010年日本GDP数据:2010年,日本名义GDP总值总计为54742亿美元,比中国少4044亿美元。自1968年从联邦德国手中夺取“世界第二”宝座,日本在坚守42年后终于拱手相让于中国。英国经济学家安格斯·麦迪森在其著作《中国经济的长期表现》中曾对中国古代各朝代的GDP做过估测,根据他给出的数据,在1750年(乾隆十五年)中国GDP最高,此时传统农业经济发展到高峰,占世界GDP份额32%,欧洲五 Japan’s Cabinet Office announced Japan’s 2010 GDP data this spring: In 2010, Japan’s nominal GDP totaled 5.4742 trillion U.S. dollars, a drop of 404.4 billion U.S. dollars. Japan seized the throne of “the world’s second” from the Federal Republic of Germany in 1968, and Japan finally surrendered to China 42 years after sticking to it. British economist Angus Madison once estimated the GDP of ancient dynasties in his book The Long-term Performance of China’s Economy. According to the data given by him, in 1750 (the 15th year of Qianlong) China’s highest GDP, then the traditional agricultural economy reached its peak, accounting for 32% of world GDP share, the European five