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ajross on July 18, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: I’m leaving China

Sigh. It was hyperbole. You took, the point, right? They were the poorest of the poor, and now their iPhones jiggle in their pockets as they dance on the world stage with the big kids.

Also, "median".

packrat8 on July 18, 2018 [–]

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...

vixen99 on July 18, 2018 | [–]

And what was it 20 years ago?

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