China in 1949: Poorer than poor
China in the 1980s: 🚴 × 500 million
China in the 2000s: 🏍 × 87 million
China in the 2020s: 🚗 × 345 million
And there are 45,000 km of high-speed rail 🚄 and 5,000+ flight routes 🛩.
All of this happened in Grandma’s lifetime!
Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20241007/0148c9b4683c4666b5ef32f3b15a8a61/c.html