Yes, prosperity. And safety. China is well above the UK in prosperity and safety.
Is that because it's actually safer or is it because they don't report crimes in an honest manner?
Its insanely safe in the tier 1 cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen etc). You can forget your bag in the train and you will get it back, with contents (i have had this). You can also just leave your motor/moped running all night, keys in ignition and it will still be there the next morning (i have seen this). You can walk on the streets at night, without a worry. Still common sense applies.
What point are you making? Can you elaborate?
I live in China for the past 4 years and I have not have been prosperous, nor my friends, on the contrarie. Safe yes. That said, I used to live way below the poverty line in western europe before, and well..still bit it is a bit higher, so yeah maybe prosperity is true
Tldr:from a ground perspective the economy seems to be going down with no signs of recovery