These are measures. What I ‘think’ they are is simply irrelevant.
But I think the linked report has nothing to do with this. It clearly suggests that Chinese workers suffer wage delays, discrimination of minorities, work overly long hours, and things like that. It’s a devastating report on both Chinese working conditions and a U.S. company exploiting the local policy.
Median and average is not the same, the comparison doesn’t make sense as you say yourself.
And it has nothing to do with the linked report. This is not only about pay. It’s is essentially about poor workers’ rights in China.
True, but the problems are grave still. A situation described in the report would be impossible in the EU, let alone for such a long period.
The report is about much more than ‘only’ the pay, but as you mention it: We must distinguish per capita disposable income from GDP per capita. GDP per capita calculates the total value of all goods and services produced in a country divided by the population, which doesn’t reflect the income available to individual citizens and households.
For this reason we must look at the disposable income per capita, which measures the amount of money people can actually use, and we see a completely different picture.
In 2024, China’s national per capita disposable income reached RMB 41,314 (US$5,800 at the current rate), according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics. Income disparities between urban and rural areas remain significant as already mentioned.
If it’s true that you can “rent a 2bd in most cities that aren’t Beijing and Shanghai for 2000RMB/mo”, you’d spend half of your disposable income on the rent (except in cities like Beijing and Shanghai, where you spend considerably more).
It is noteworthy that this data comes from official Chinese sources.
But again, the linked report clearly suggests that workers suffer wage delays, discrimination of minorities, are work overly long hours, and things like these. It’s a devastating report on both Chinese working conditions and a U.S. company exploiting the local policy.
No, unfortunately it is from this week. China has sadly done nothing for the workers since.
Thank you for your comment.
This is a major reason why the company produces in China. There are practically no workers’ rights.
Read my other comment in this thread.
The BCC decided to make the downside the headline. Which means they agree with Trump who scared off foreign talent.
No. The BBC decided to report that Chinese people are unsatisfied with their government’s decision and the government doesn’t care. Vews contrary to The Party are being censored as usual.
The biggest misconception about china is they have no human right protection, which is half true because they always treat outsider with respect but their citizen shitty.
You have never been in China except maybe as a tourist. Even a quick search on the web would tell you how they treat ‘outsiders’ as you call them, let alone about the human rights situation.
We shouldn’t rely on any chatbot, of course, but I don’t think that all chatbots are deliberately designed to spread some propaganda. The Chinese ones and many ‘Western’ bots certainly are, but not all are coded in bad faith imho.
Yeah, but there are other and much better places to go than China. The world doesn’t consist of only the US and China.
There are always isolated exceptions, but the idea to move from the US to China because the US is becoming more and more autocratic is baseless. China has been a dictatorship for decades, and it doesn’t get better because the US getting worse.
The list of researchers and others professionals leaving the US for Canada, Australia, Europe, and other democratic states is much longer. This article doesn’t make sense.
As an addition, a report citing a Chinese state-controlled media:
Chinese professionals eye Europe as US visa uncertainty grows
According to the South China Morning Post, recent uncertainty over the U.S. H-1B visa program has led many Chinese professionals to consider leaving the United States for Europe. Confusion followed a U.S. government proposal to introduce a US$100,000 application fee for H-1B visas. Although later clarified to apply only to new visas, the announcement triggered panic among skilled workers and their families.
I replaced the link, sorry.
I don’t support the UK crackdown on peaceful protesters, but this wsws.org is a de-facto Chinese propaganda medium. That’s not a good source.