Wages in China have increased by 500% from 1994 to 2024, by far the highest rate of increase of any country
Wages in China have increased by 500% from 1994 to 2024, by far the highest rate of increase of any country
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Charted: How Daily Incomes Have Changed in Top Economies (1994-2024)

That was while their population was increasing (and so rapidly that they implemented One Child)
Very very different from the next few decades