> China is the second largest single country economy on earth and growing.
Having the second largest GDP doesn't mean much if you have more than 10x as many people as number three on the list.
Agreed. But I am talking from a "Wealth of Nations" perspective rather than a per-capita basis. The brand, "China" is not poor and is only getting richer, not saying anything else than that. There are certainly poor people in China and will be for some time to come.
