Good morning, sister Holy Smoke ! Generally speaking, poverty is the core reason for poor health of a nation's population. Yes, there was a time when China sank below the level of poverty. In fact, our general population were staved when the rich ones smoked opium and the powerful ones sought pleasure to squander the nation meager resources ! We learned our lessons and our citizens now are healthy. I was impressed by the street dance all over China and our performances at the Olympic games ! But the West has also harmed China's economy by occupations and exploitation ! Chinese must not let it happen again !