This is based on just one measurement – PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) among many others. But, nevertheless, it is a great achievement that I, as a Chinese-American, am very proud of. However, I still believe it will take a long time for the average Chinese to have our average living standards today.
This achievement, I believe, is the result of collective efforts by every Chinese worldwide and hard working always pays off, eventually.
I still remember my childhood days in China that I didn’t have enough to eat, went to school with barefoot as well as with wet clothes on (just one and no dryer, of course), etc. I am sure that I wasn’t alone at that time because Rena experienced the same things as I did. I am also sure that, even today in China, there are a lot extremely poor people. But, their number should shrink rapidly. That is very good news too.