It has become an article of faith among many economists that China's pro-market reforms of the 1980s and 1990s ushered in a sustained reduction in poverty.
  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Not saying the lives of many haven’t improved. But outside the major cities/provinces. For many, little has changed.

    Are you missing the fact that over 278 million Chinese people move out of the rural areas to those cities to take part in the prosperity?

    Here’s the data to back it up: source

    Rural population of China in 1981:

    Rural population in of China 2022: