> The road out of “developing country” took forever but now I see them producing great products in basically every industry.
Did it? We're talking 1949 up to a few years ago. 70 odd years from mass starvation to having their own space station. One could even say it's less than that, starting with the reforms in the 80s.
Yup, people forget how fast China has grown in less than 30 years. This viral photo is 26 years apart. Meanwhile, there’s trains older than that in the NYC metro fleet [1].
Did it? We're talking 1949 up to a few years ago. 70 odd years from mass starvation to having their own space station. One could even say it's less than that, starting with the reforms in the 80s.