"Jim Walsh" <jimNOwalsSPAMh3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:0001HW.C4589E3B0005816EF01846D8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Mon, 19 May 2008 22:10:21 +0800, Ed wrote
> (in article <hTfYj.192$ay2.109@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>
>>
>> "Jim Walsh" <jimNOwalsSPAMh3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>
>>> They will tell you that the per capita income of
>>> the residents of rural villages is the highest is has ever been in
>>> history. I
>>> know of no evidence to refute that claim. Do you?
>>
>> "21.5 million rural population live below the official "absolute
poverty"
>> line (approximately $90 per year); and an additional 35.5 million rural
>> population above that but below the official "low income" line
>> (approximately $125 per year) (2006 est.)"
>
> Unfortunately this does not refute the claim that the "per capita income
> of
> residents of rural villages" in China is presently higher than it has
ever
> been.
With China's inflation rate at about 9% I would expect real income to be
less even if the the average went up by a dollar or two.
>> Between $90 and $125 per year they are all driving Cadillacs.
>> Per capita GDP is $5,300.
>>
>> Per capita GDP:
>> Japan $33,800
>> S. Korea $24,600
>> Hong Kong $42,000
>> Taiwan $29,800
>> Thailand $8,000
>> Malaysia $14,400
>>
>> Indonesia, India, Vietnam have lower numbers than China.
You said:
China was the sick man of Asia for a
relatively short period of time in its long history.
They still look pretty sick to me.
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