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The education figures are also misleading. The 30% refers to all those in the adult population who graduated high school. UNESCO has current 高中participation rates of 79-80% (including vocational) and tertiary gross enrollment rate (again including vocational) of 50%. You can find the links here https://wenr.wes.org/2019/12/education-in-china-3. Not referenced in the article so not suggesting this article is wrong but in identifying Chinese education as a weakness worth noting that of the 100 fast rising universities in the world, 1 to 43 are in China https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/fastest-rising-research-science-academic-institutions-nature-index-annual-tables-twenty-twenty

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thank you

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The 600m per capita figure is monthly not yearly.

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Thank you, corrected in the text

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Thank you for this excellent summary!

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This is one of the best summaries on China in 2021. Absolutely brilliant!

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Thank you for sharing. Perhaps, 孙子兵法 may come in handy too.

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Every sentence is golden.

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