I think most westerners would be surprised if you told them China had a 600 million middle class with better living standards than most Americans. We still have

I think most westerners would be surprised if you told them China had a 600 million middle class with better living standards than most Americans. We still have this image of a third world, but the truth is, that outside war torn areas, things have been improving for decades. Hell, the now 14 year old African girl my daughters class sponsors, who is from one of the poorer areas, recently build a water filtration system and hooked it up to their solar panels and a raspberry piish device that I don't even know what is.