Anthony D'Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > India is not that different from China in terms of the material quality of > life. But comparing China with Chile, Korea, Slovenia, and Denmark is > comparative studies at its worst!
Isn't Leonardt comparing the US, not China, to these countries? Leonardt wrote: >> There is, after all, another large country with unimpressive recent >> gains in life expectancy, even smaller than China’s. That’s right: the >> United States. Since 1990, we have been passed by Chile, Denmark, >> Slovenia and South Korea, among others. China is still five years behind >> us, but it’s gaining. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
