About 13 percent of China’s population—about 203 million people— live on less than $1 a day. About 42 percent of China’s population—about 593 million people— live on less than $2 a day. Most are in the countryside.
The CCP official poverty line is $0.50/day?
From 1985 to 2009, China's poverty line rose by about 5 times, while its GDP increased by 42 times.
For the central government, it will mean a loss of face if the line is raised drastically and thus lead to a big increase in the impoverished population.
For grassroots governments, many would rather keep the poverty hat on their head because this means greater financial support from the central government.
There are more poor people in China than rich people. There might be as many as 500,000 poor people for every "rich" person. China, with a population of MORE than one billion people {1,000,000,000}, has a very skewed wealth distribution.
No kidding.
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