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Re:I’m leaving China 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...

Re:I’m leaving China 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...