# Quote — Keyu Jin, The New China Playbook

> China has made the... quantum leap... from US$380 to US$10,000... over... four decades. The second... is to go from US$10,000 to US$30,000... [M]uch... speed of China’s achievement can be ascribed to catching up. But unqualified success... will be... when... 1.4 billion... reach... high-income status, particularly... in a political environment... antithetical to... Western conventional wisdom. ...[H]alf of the most prosperous people in the world... living under Communist rule—not... predicted... when the Berlin Wall fell.

- Author: [Keyu Jin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/keyu-jin.md)
- Book: [The New China Playbook](https://www.leafyquotes.com/keyu-jin/the-new-china-playbook.md)
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> ... indicates... 95 percent of Chinese... had... confidence in... government, compared to 33 percent in the US and 45 percent... in the rest of the world. As of 2022... 91 percent, compared to 39 percent in the US. ...[S]atisfaction levels tend to be lower for s.

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> China’s investment in ... 40 percent... of GDP... for a country... halfway through... urbanization... may not be high....

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> [T]he Chinese... try to balance obligation and deference with free will.

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