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Re:I’m leaving China by packrat8 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @08:58PM (#17554835)
> And now their grandkids are almost as rich as Americans.

False.

US: mean wealth $388,000. medium wealth $55,000. gdp per capita: $60000.

China: mean wealth $26,000. medium wealth $6,000. gdp per capita: $8000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_pe...

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Re:I’m leaving China by ajross on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:02PM (#17554852)
Sigh. It was hyperbole. You took, the point, right? They were the poorest of the poor, and now their iPhones jiggle in their pockets as they dance on the world stage with the big kids.

Also, "median".

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Re:I’m leaving China by packrat8 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:15PM (#17554896)
Half their population, 700M people, can't afford the iphone.

The annual income for rural residents averaged $1,797 last year

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2089654/chin...

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Re:I’m leaving China by vixen99 on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @03:01AM (#17556023)
And what was it 20 years ago?
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