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I also don’t want to exhaust myself defending against ignorant, racist statements.

When I read, “most Chinese are still poor peasants,” I hate that my first instinct was to fact-check. I really should know better, but I ended up spending 30 minutes researching this person’s uncited claim.

And as it turns out, that statement is statistically untrue, according the World Bank: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/05/974173482/what-chinas-total-victory-over-extreme-poverty-looks-like-in-actuality