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Market Research IndustryA China Far Removed From Glitz and IndustryChatting in this village of mainly mud-wall houses in the Tibetan highlands, Dorje Ka, a 24-year-old schoolteacher, paused when asked what would most improve his standard of living.Running water would be nice, he finally replied.Mr. Dorje’s village, about 1,400 kilometers, or 875 miles, southwest of Beijing, is better off than some others nearby. At least it has a spring. But it is fair to say that if China does take over the world one day, this eastern part of Qinghai Province around the monastery town of Tongren will not form the spearhead. A visit to the vast interior of China is a salutary reminder that the skyscrapers and luxury boutiques of Beijing and Shanghai are an exception to the rule: In 2005, China still had 254 million people consuming less than the international poverty standard of $1.25 per person per day, according to the World Bank.The western provinces, which include Qinghai, account for about half of China’s poor, well above their 29 percent population share, and that poverty is most severe in mountainous and minority areas.
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