Dispatches from China: Statistical realities about China dispel theories

Dispatches from China: Statistical realities about China dispel theories: Between 1981 and 2005, an estimated 600 million Chinese people moved out of poverty (US $1/day) and China's poverty rate dropped from 85 percent to 15 percent. Between 1978 and 2007, China's per capita rural net income increased from 133RMB to 4140RMB; ...