Definition of Poor

According to China Daily, Beijing's average income per capita is US$2,508 per year. That is about the same purchasing power of US$7,550 as the person is living in US.

US poverty line is US$9,800 for a single person. The definition of poverty line is 3 times the annual cost of a nutritionally adequate diet. About 13% of US population fall below that line.

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