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China still has huge wealth disparity. So, while China might seem overall more prosperous than Argentina, Chinese emigrants are often from parts of the country
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
China still has huge wealth disparity. So, while China might seem overall more prosperous than Argentina, Chinese emigrants are often from parts of the country with a standard of living below Argentina's.
- bobthepanda 6y agoYeah. Even with massive infrastructure investment you still hear stories like children climbing 800m on vines to go to school. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/05/27/europe/china-children-education-climb/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/05/27/europe/china-children-edu... And there are other reasons to move too, like air quality, a pressure cooker educational system, extremely high housing cost as a multiple of salary...
- eafer 6y agoSure, but there's plenty of starving people in Argentina as well, not all the country is as wealthy as Buenos Aires. So the question is, why do they come here instead of going to a bigger chinese city? My guess is that they already have a support network here. That's why many of them end up working in the same businesses, such as running small supermarkets.