In 1985 average income in China was $293; in 2006 the average income is $2,025.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTE...318950,00.html
but
About 13 percent of China’s population—about 203 million people— live on less than $1 a day. About 42 percent of China’s population—about 593 million people— live on less than $2 a day. Most are in the countryside.
Children in textile and garment factories often work 14 hours a day, seven days a week, and sleep by their machines. Boys in Green Mountain City gets paid about 18 cents a load for carrying 55 pound bags of coal up a mountain. Even in the cities, a school teacher with a salary of $50 a month—good by Chinese standards—might have to save for two years to be able to afford a bicycle. Married couples often live apart, sometimes in opposite corners of the country, working at different places. They only time the get to see each other is during holidays, three weeks a year.
http://factsanddetails.com/china.php...11&subcatid=70
what ever happened to communism![]()
average was is $2000 yet 40% live on less than 2usd a day![]()