<p>sentimentGX4,</p>
<p>There is not contradictions at all. I mentioned the some store goods are cheap compared to China, and such, to dispute your absurd claim that few Chinese can afford plane tickets to America. Also, not very personal story is “anecdotal”. Some are representative and statistical meaningful. Try to distinguish those: your brother of sister-in-law of your next door neighbor told you he thinks UCLA is the best university; or an engineer I know working for GE bought plane tickets to Europe for his annual vacation. Which one is more telling.</p>
<p>I don’t want to waste my time to discuss with you “PPP”, “GDP”, and buying power. If you want to say China’s middle class doesn’t have a better life than a poverty family here, you go ahead. I am pretty sure you are still in high school without real world experience.</p>