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Reality is what it is regardless of your or my opinion, and it seems to be human nature for individuals to have a tendency to want to paint it in one way or another (for example: "cuz apparently you think the $2 Chinese meals will kill westerners" - purely a figment of that person's imagination, regardless of it's accuracy). If you're serious about trying to discern the reality of this situation as accurately as poss…
Let me guess. Did you just been triggered by the $2 a week diet thing? Then don't be, I'm actually not very proud of it. I did it from time to time for about few weeks so I can quickly lose my belly fat. And I don't like it at all let alone recommending it. > the most useful metric I know of to look at is the affordability ratio Of course. I just searched a bit, the DPI seems to be ￥7,815 or $1,137 for the first quar…
Not at all, my point was more referring to the human tendency to take one example and use it as a representation of the norm, according to the internal desires of how one thinks the world is, or "should be".
> Then don't be, I'm actually not very proud of it.
I can't think of too many countries that could feel more righteously "proud" of themselves than China, considering what they've accomplished in the last 20 years, I don't think anyone comes close to touching this progress in the history of the world.
> Of course. I just searched a bit, the DPI seems to be ￥7,815 or $1,137 for the first quarter.
I'm not familiar with this term (Dynamic Price Index?), but I can't think of a single number that would be an accurate representation for "China", considering how large of a country it is, with incredibly high variances of wealth and living expenses.