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China is not a developing country. I don't know where you got that idea.
China is the second-largest economy.
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Yes, it's the 2nd largest economy because it's got over a billion people. Per capita GDP is about 1/5 of the US. But that's not evenly split. Leave the east coast of china, and it gets poorer fast.
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That's because it's big not because it's developed.
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China is the second-largest economy.