Secondly, if you look at the quality of life in China, the rampant industrial pollution, the
widespread labor unrest, the corruption that allows poisoned milk products to enter the market, etc., then you must admit that China's «rise out
poverty» is not such a wunderkind story — they may have some monetary wealth, but they are
also suffering a great deal of pollution and associated diseases... and their dirty emissions cross the Pacific, and are noticeable in Washington and Oregon.
While it could
also be argued that the funds could be better spent addressing Egypt's
widespread poverty, «city or national governments are always going to spend money on prestige projects,» The Boursa Exchange added.