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economix.blogs.nytimes.com — The average Chinese adult drank about a third of a bottle of beer in 1961, less than the average resident of Iran. By 1991, consumption topped a bottle a year, but still lagged behind 117 other nations. By 2007, the Chinese were drinking almost a six pack a year. That story can be repeated for any number of consumer goods, but with beer, people drink more, until they make about $22,000 a year.

jennyzhu.com — The two largest job seeking groups in China are university graduates and migrant workers. When interviewed, some graduates have lowered their salary expectation to around 1500 RMB a month which is what the most experienced migrant workers are now demanding, an increase over previous average migrant wages.