1,well, it is so just because China was too poor. the growth of wealth is still not enough to let all the poor out of poverty.
China is still poor,but it was much poorer .
2,to some extent,” we are still poor” is also a tactic of bargaining.
Since “we are still poor” ,we can persude others to give us more aid and lessen the pressure of burden more responsibity.
So your prosperity is due to your big centralized bureaucracie's ability to get other people to give you stuff? Nice guys. That sounds like just the kind of government every country should have. Just think how much better off we'd all be.
The other guy couldn’t tell me, maybe you can. What the heck are you guys doing over in Zimbabwe, anyway?