At this rate, car sales in China are expected to overtake the United States for the first time this year.

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You lose five or ten metres and then you cannot overtake in Turn 1.

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Spending totals are still in flux, and another group could overtake AFSCME in the race's remaining days.

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It will probably not remain the biggest economy in the world - some predict China will overtake it in three years' time.

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