[JimDabell]

> Showing off main cities is not proof that people don’t live in poverty.

The claim was:

> Urban life in China, excluding pandemic times, is better than urban life in the states.

“Showing off main cities” is a perfectly reasonable thing to do to support this claim.

[throwawayq3423]

So it's the Dubai argument. "The city life is great, especially for ex-pats, don't mind what's being swept under the rug over there".