OK, David, thanks for the considered response, I don’t agree with you though. Delayed response due to chasing a 4 year old around all day, I'm fractured.
China is classified as a developing country because it wants to be considered that.
Being recognised as a developing country was one of the three key principles China insisted on when negotiating to join the WTO in 2001.
https://theconversation.com/myth-busted ... ion-124602
As far as the GDP per capita, China has the second most billionaires in the world too.
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201905/ ... bafd4.html
The fact that they have a metric shitpile of people earning fvck all is all down to their “government” for not just condoning it but using it as a foundation of their economy. So when a government deliberately keeps a high percentage of it’s population in poverty, I’m not letting that fly as a genuine metric. They’re not developing.
On the feudal system, you over estimate it’s impact on their ability to get a head start, that impact all sits with their government. From the mob that deposed the Emperor right through Mao until recent times, the lack of internal economic development was choices. They have been the factory of the world for decades, the fact that little of that development created benefits internally again, was policy.
The opium wars do not make China Europe’s plaything, China plays a different game to Europe, always has always will.
I’ll give you Wikipedia as a real source
So basically, I don’t buy your response and stay with my original post.
Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down.