to give them some 'pride').For example, though china is still a developing country, china is also in some ways on the verge of joining the lower rank of 'developed' countries; income level of bigger cities probably are similar to those of poorer euro countries.So china can trade  cell phones for italian wine, say. or trade hi-speed train for iranian crude

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2017/08/16/china-wage-levels-equal-to-or-surpass-parts-of-europe/#6dd1e8723e7f