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The Chinese poor, don't have to rise out of poverty to be vastly richer than they were a few decades ago. They had to get bigger desks in their school because
by seanflyon 12y ago
The Chinese poor, don't have to rise out of poverty to be vastly richer than they were a few decades ago. They had to get bigger desks in their school because all the kids are bigger because they can afford to feed them now.
- PythonicAlpha 12y agoMight be, but they will run in tremendous health problems, given the current rate of environmental pollution. Also (again): Compared to western standards, the Chinese median earnings are still laughable.
- seanflyon 12y agoYet their life expectancy is still rising because they are so much better off than they were before. Chinese median earnings are still laughable compared to western standards but rising from unimaginable poverty to still quite bad poverty is a big improvement.