Bill Gates says recovery could take years

Richest man in the world Bill Gates says economic recovery will take years. Well, in the last depression it took a long time for US to emerge. That said we were an industrial power house back then and now we go to the store and almost everything says MADE IN  CHINA. I mean how many items are made in europe? It used to be that we had some stuff from japan, germany, ect. Well, now it all comes from china and then some.