> Chinese government at least spent a fraction of the trade profit to lift hundreds of millions people out of property
I was under the impression that those people were lifted out of poverty due to working higher-wage jobs in manufacturing rather than due to explicit wealth redistribution by the government.
While direct wealth redistribution isn't significant, huge spending on infrastructure on roads, railways, telecoms and education certainly helped. Without these infrastructure, people won't be able to build factories and work on higher-wage jobs.
I was under the impression that those people were lifted out of poverty due to working higher-wage jobs in manufacturing rather than due to explicit wealth redistribution by the government.