Soz, didn't realise it was paywalled
But yeah, China has many problems, several of which are very urgent. Even if it has the world's largest economy, per capita income would still be less than middling. There's a long way to go... and many things that can go wrong. I wouldn't like to be someone who'd invested my wealth in property, for example.
(McChinaman banned, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 9:44, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

China already has a massive say in the world economy
even if lots of westerners effectively have their fingers in their ears going "lalalalala I'm not listening" ... but yeah, I bet it's very different for the general public inside the country.. Still, must be an interesting place to be living right now...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 9:47, Reply)