Photo by Antonio Graceffo China apologists often repeat the Communist Party’s line about the so-called “Chinese Economic Miracle,” claiming that Beijing has “lifted 800 million people out of poverty” as proof that its system is superior to the American one. What they ignore is that it was the Communist Party that first drove some 700 million people into poverty, and it was only the partial adoption of American-style capitalism that allowed them to climb out. Another oft-cited statistic is that since 2000, average income in China has grown by about 700 percent, compared with only 92 percent in the United States. But the American starting point was far higher. In 1900, average annual income in the U.S. was about $450, while in China it…
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