Lots of folks there live like folks did here in the days of Jackie Gleason’s “The Honeymooners”.
Not like animals, very modest by modern US standards.
A lot like I lived the last couple of years working through college...
I see the Chinese flag on your profile page.May I ask if you've ever lived there or are you of Chinese ancestry? I'm just trying to get a bit of perspective.I think it should be said that I also visited Guangzhou,as well as Foshan,in 1980.There certainly is a huge difference between what I saw in 1980 vs what I saw in 2010.Thirty years ago,no glass skyscrapers and thousands of bikes...two years ago,many skyscrapers and lots of Buicks (among other makes).But what I saw two years ago,apart from the skyscrapers,strongly suggested a very dismal and difficult life...a life that doesn't come within light years of equaling what I've see in Hong Kong.And yes,I understand that not all the people of Hong Kong live like those who stay at The Peninsula.
Although your perspective may well be far more valuable then mine the question occurs to me...even if there are 10,000 billionaires and 500,000 millionaires in China right now how do the middle third of Chinese live? Something tells me that the answer is "not very well at all".Correct me if I'm wrong.