But China is not a poor country, either. There is enough to eat, and almost everyone has a place to live and bicycle to get around on. Chinese people save their money very carefully to pay for things like a washing machine, a refrigerator, or a television, or for their child to go to school.
China is also a country that is changing a lot. Many people are moving from the country to the city, where workers are busy constructing buildings and roads. And when people in the city make enough money, they replace their bicycle with a mororcycle or a car.*