Don’t deflect my question about how is the average Chinese person is doing per capita like I’m currently deflecting your statement about China’s trade barriers. :). (I’m not really deflecting your reply; I’m currently researching what actual trade barriers are in place by China with the caveat that you may be right.)
But just think about it, how is the average Chinese person doing compared to the average person from a developed country? Anecdotally, this is all I need to know when evaluating the efficacy of China’s trade policies.
China is booming.
They have more cell phone users than any other nation, and their economy is growing.
While we dissolve. Seemingly, comatose.
The average Chinese earns about 2400 per year.
Cell phones and TVs are frequently bought at low levels of income throughout the world and neither of those goods is an accurate measure of GDP in the way you think it is.
Average household income in 2009 was 10,220 in China. Not a great deal.