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China has also emerged as a powerful economic player.
Grader A: hit
China became a major economic power by 2009-2010. Its nominal GDP passed Japan's in 2010 and it became the second-largest economy.
Test: Rank test: China nominal GDP rank 2 in 2010 ($6.1 trillion, ahead of Japan).
Grader B: hit
China's GDP rose from $1.10 trillion in 1999 to $5.19 trillion in 2009 and $6.19 trillion in 2010. In 2010 it passed Japan to become the world's second-largest economy. China was clearly a powerful economic player by 2009.
Test: Not an adoption claim. Test: China's rank by GDP. 2009: $5.19T, third (just behind Japan's $5.34T). 2010: $6.19T, second.