Taiwan’s HDI is higher than France while Chinese HDI is the same as Mexico.
Taiwan GDP per capita USD $32,327 (2023)
China GDP per capita USD $12,174 (2023)
Taiwan HDI 0.925 (2022)
China HDI 0.788 (2022)
Taiwan in 2024 looks like Chinese mainland in the 1990s.
Taipei City, the most developed city on the Taiwan island, is barely a third-tier city in Chinese mainland.
Taiwan seems to be frozen in the 1980s.🤔