| ▲ | energy123 7 hours ago | |
I see no reason to believe they are. China is poorer than Taiwan per-capita despite being the same culture. They recovered a little after Deng reduced the amount of centralization, but they are still lagging behind. | ||
| ▲ | coldtea 6 hours ago | parent [-] | |
>China is poorer than Taiwan per-capita despite being the same culture What does being "the same culture" have to do with anything? Aside the fact that Taiwan is much smaller (and different situation), Taiwan was cold-war period favored partner to the west, and started modernized industrialization way earlier (in the 80s and 90s it was a dominant industrial partner, like Japan had become earlier). China had to do this much more recently, and brought 100s of millions out of poverty in the process. Taiwan is city-size compared to China, whereas the China comparison includes like 70x the population, a large percentage in rural areas. > "They recovered a little after Deng" The understatement of the millenium. | ||