A Chinese scholar has calcuated exactly how far the nation is through its great revival
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Yang Yigong, a director of an economic research institute with ties to the National Development and Reform Commission, has constructed a formula to assess China's overall return to the levels of global greatness it enjoyed two centuries ago.
The metric uses 28 dufferent measurements of progress, grouped into six categories: economic growth and social development; quality of life; science and technology and foreign affairs. Yang has also analysed GDP, internet penetration, garbage treatment and life expectancy rates, among others, to arrive at the final figure.
The great rejuvination, according to Yang, is now a healthy 65.3% complete. A vast improvement on 2005's score of just 46% complete. The article was widely circulated amongst cadres at China's Communist Party School.
Yang has yet to forecast next year's result.