I wrote, the following but now stick China into an appropriate notch for purposes of comparison:
Former Soviet Republics
Estonia $14,300 (Uruguay $14,500) Lithuania $12,500 (Argentina $12,400) Latvia $11,500 Russia $9,800 (Mexico $9,600) Kazakhstan $7,800 Ukraine $6,300 (Colombia $6,600) *CHINA $5,600* Armenia $4,600 Azerbaijan $3,800 Georgia $3,100 (India $3,100) Moldova $1,900 (Sudan $1,900)
Note that DESPITE the economic collapse in the fSU in the 1990s and DESPITE China's 20 years of economic boom, per capita incomes in the bulk of the fSU are STILL HIGHER than in China.
Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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