China consumes most resources

China has overtaken the US in the consumption of basic agricultural and industrial goods, a new survey says.
China, with its 1.3bn population and booming economy, is now the world’s biggest consumer of grain, meat, coal and steel.

China is well ahead of the US in the consumption of goods such as television sets, refrigerators and mobile phones.

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