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China is not a developed nation by modern standards. It still has very high levels of poverty and a low average income compared to what is typically called 'The
by room271 13y ago
China is not a developed nation by modern standards. It still has very high levels of poverty and a low average income compared to what is typically called 'The West' (Western Europe, North America, Japan, etc.).
- ChuckMcM 13y agoCan you say more about why you base the definition of 'developed' on per capita income rather than economic capability? I ask because my definition is 'capable of providing all needs of the citizens caveat raw materials' so by that definition China can build pretty much anything it needs if it has the raw materials to do so, it doesn't depend on any other economy for transforming or upleveling those materials into economic inputs. I agree with you that its people do not benefit equally from its economy but I don't tie that into 'developed' or 'not developed'.