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

Jeff J. Brown, "Every post-liberation Chinese leader, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping have worked hard for Xiaokang," chinarising.puntopress.com, July 29, 2020

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

America CAN'T Compete with China's NEW High-Speed Future, 2024

Richard Wolff: This Is What ALWAYS Happens Before A Superpower Falls, December 2, 2024

The Ancient Origins of the Chinese People, 2024