I remember a previous argument I had with a certain Bongolala here regarding China development. Yes China is an economic powerhouse but just like India it’s overly populated meaning there is a large section of population that’s left behind in the pecking order of Capitalism ( political system aside). It’s the same in the US and Western Europe or other large first world economies. The difference is in the numbers. Too many rural peasants in China are still in third world status .They skew the numbers. Imagine 500 million Chinese are in rural areas . If rural China was a country , it would rank third in population. The urban areas are economically a different story though.
