November 11, 2024
The Wisdom Fund

China Then and Now

'Let China Sleep, For When She Wakes, She Will Shake The World'

A World Bank report states: "Over the past 40 years, the number of people in China with incomes below $1.90 per day -- the International Poverty Line as defined by the World Bank to track global extreme poverty -- has fallen by close to 800 million. With this, China has contributed close to three-quarters of the global reduction in the number of people living in extreme poverty."

Here we showcase a few of China's accomplishments.

Shanghai, China 1990

Shanghai, China 2024

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Adam Dunn, "Did the Chinese Discover America?," CNN.com, January 13, 2003

China Unveils World's Fastest Bullet Train, 2017

Beijing Daxing International Airport, 2019

Guangzhou, 2022

Shenzhen: The City of the Future, 2023

Hangzhou West Railway Station, 2024

Furniture Mall, Foshan, Guangdong, 2024

Dream Plaza, Wuhan 2024

Chengdu: China's Futuristic City, 2024

Zibo, Shandong Province, 2024

Walking in Shenzhen at Night, 2024

Meixi Lake International Culture Art Centre, 2024

Asia's Largest Greenhouse Garden, Shanghai, 2024

Harvard Economist: Never Bet Against China, 2024

Economist Yukon Huang: Why China's Debt is a Good Thing, 2024

How Bad is the Chinese Economy? Walk Through Beijing, 2024

How China Can Win the Cold War with the U.S., 2024