> How would you cope with 90% unemployment? Special Economic Zones are the name of the game, and yeah, it'd take decades to transform the whole economy -- Chin

> How would you cope with 90% unemployment? Special Economic Zones are the name of the game, and yeah, it'd take decades to transform the whole economy -- China's still working on it. But the standard of living can start increasing almost immediately with the combination of trade and increased aid once they stop being an international pariah. "Screwed" is on a spectrum, and you can start moving up immediately, if slowly.