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China's GDP per capita has gone from $317 in 1990 to $12,556 last year (current USD)[1]. There are still many underpaid workers, in some places virtual slavery,
by noduerme 4y ago
China's GDP per capita has gone from $317 in 1990 to $12,556 last year (current USD)[1]. There are still many underpaid workers, in some places virtual slavery, and horrendous human rights abuses... but if you look at China in the 80s when there were no cars, no refrigerators, no sanitation, no indoor plumbing, let alone modern apartments or bullet trains, you can't say they haven't been banking some serious quality-of-life improvements.
1. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=CN https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?location...
- xedrac 4y agoThey've come a long way, but having super dense pollution puts quite a damper on those other quality of life improvements.
- midoridensha 4y ago>but if you look at China in the 80s when there were no cars No cars is an improvement. Cars have huge social costs, causing lots of deaths and pollution. China would be better off without them, at least in the cities.