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Re:Chinese Hackers Infiltrate New York Times Computers by jasonkester on Thursday January 31, 2013 @04:17AM (#5144170)
It might be worth taking a quick glance at those articles again to make sure you're making a meaningful comparison.

The US poverty figures you quote are for an income of $23k/yr, or ~$11/hr. In that chart you quote for China, you notice that even the 71% mark only gets you up to $5/day (so $0.60/hr).

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Re:Chinese Hackers Infiltrate New York Times Computers by lallysingh on Thursday January 31, 2013 @12:57PM (#5146238)
Frack me. Good point!

Edit: thinking about it. Isn't the poverty line relative to the cost of living? It may take a lot less money to feed and clothe a family in China than in the US.

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Re:Chinese Hackers Infiltrate New York Times Computers by usaar333 on Thursday January 31, 2013 @01:40PM (#5146519)
Correct. The number of people living in the US under the UN definition of poverty is ~0
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