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China has fewer poor people than what we have.
China set the poverty level at those earning $2.30 (two dollars and thirty cents) a day or less. By that standard we don't have poverty in the US.
"China’s poverty line is around US$2.30 a day – slightly above the World Bank’s lowest threshold of US$1.90 but below what is recommended for measuring higher income countries."
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"The World Bank recommends the higher benchmark of $5.50 a day to gauge poverty in upper-middle income economies."
"Raiser estimates that around 13 per cent of China’s population still lives on an income below that level."
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China is the king of propoganda.
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