Have you been to Yunnan? I lived there for a year. The two cities I've seen the most of were about at east-Europe levels of development, surprisingly (to me). T

Have you been to Yunnan? I lived there for a year. The two cities I've seen the most of were about at east-Europe levels of development, surprisingly (to me). The rural areas fare worse, obviously, but I wouldn't expect to meet that much Haiti-level poverty. Wikipedia pegs the "absolutely poor rural population" at 3 million - out of 46 for the whole province. For Haiti, there is 54% of abject poverty.