The country I chose to compare to the United States is China. The three measures I will be talking about is gender, life expectancy, and income. In the U.S., according to the Human Development Indicators, the gender inequality value is .256. In China the gender inequality is .213. So compared to the U.S., China is around the same ballpark when it comes to gender inequality. Those numbers show that the U.S. and China allow for both genders to have almost the same opportunities. The life expectancy for people in the U.S. is 78.7 years, and in China it is 73.7 years. In both countries people's life expectancy is very close, and the people live long lives. In the U.S. the average income is $43,480. In China, the average income is $7,945. There is a huge difference
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