1 International reserves China #1 by a long way
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2188rank.html
http://www.gfmag.com/component/content/article/119-economic-data/12374-international-reserves-by-countryhtml.html#axzz2lLbOI5sQ
2 Cars /autos
China was #2 in 2010 but now probably #1
According to Ward's, the United States has the largest fleet of motor vehicles in the world, with 239.8 million by 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle
but 2012 figures
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-01/china-vehicle-population-hits-240-million-as-smog-engulfs-cities.html
China Vehicle Population Hits 240 Million
3 Appliances
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/med_hou_wit_tel-media-households-with-television
example Tv's in 2002 china had 87% of households ..USA had 98% of households but as China has 5 x more households the number of tvs is more ( same goes for refrigerators etc)
4 Economic indicators
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/china/indicators
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/indicators
5 Savings 7 Trillion $
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/292513-chinese-household-savings-surge-to-50-percent/
USA 5.35 Trillion
http://forecasts.org/economic-indicator/personal-savings.htm
6 Gold..covered above ( 7,000 tons estimate of true holdings)
7 Luxury goods
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/marketing_sales/tapping_chinas_luxury-goods_market
20% plus of WORLD market by 2015
8 Diamonds
http://www.bain.com/about/press/press-releases/bain-2012-global-diamond-report.aspx
and so it goes on..and on and on.
Whatever you define as something of value they are #1 owners or soon will be
On the other side they have 160Million BELOW the official poverty line but the yearly reduction on this number is HIGH with a probable 0 million in 5-10 yrs