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what does it mean to be poor? Economic output of an entire country? Or per capita. When measured by the latter, I can ensure you, China has a shit ton of poor
by jordache 7y ago
what does it mean to be poor? Economic output of an entire country? Or per capita. When measured by the latter, I can ensure you, China has a shit ton of poor people... greater than the population of the U.S.
- rootusrootus 7y agoEven measured per capita, they're about a third of a way from the top of the list. They have lots of high tech industry, nuclear weapons, etc. They can definitely afford to keep the rivers clean, it's a policy choice not an economic one. They are not poor in any meaningful sense of the word, being taken advantage of by the US and EU to dump our trash on.
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- BurningFrog 7y agoChina is spending trillions in foreign aid.
- bilbo0s 7y agoI don't know where you heard that at man, but China is not poor. At all. I mean that place is the opposite of poor. I've been to poor countries. Cuba is poor for instance. Or Guinea. China? Not so much.