davel , 1 month ago

Don’t pretend like China is some paradise where the common people aren’t getting fucked

• Reuters, 2018: China overtakes U.S. for healthy lifespan: WHO data
• United Nations, 2019: Helping 800 Million People Escape Poverty Was Greatest Such Effort in History, Says Secretary-General, on Seventieth Anniversary of China’s Founding
• The Economist, 2021: At 54, China’s average retirement age is too low For most men in China the age is 60, much lower than the average of 64.2 in the OECD, a club mostly of rich countries. For female civil servants the age is 55; for blue-collar women it is 50.