During a solar eclipse, the Moon can sometimes perfectly cover the Sun because its size is nearly the same as the Sun's when viewed from the Earth. A total solar eclipse is in fact an occultation while an annular solar eclipse is a transit.
According to CNNâs online global wage calculator, which uses data from the International Labor Organization, the average annual salary of a worker in Chinaâs private sector was 28,752 yuan (about $4,755) in 2012, or 38% of the global average. Thatâs roughly the same as a cleaner in Thailand, according to CNNâs data.sing CNNâs tool, Chinese media plugged in government figures for the countryâs âhigh incomeâ bracket of urban disposable income (link in Chinese)âand discovered that the closest equivalent is a taxi driver in South Africa. The average salary of a public sector worker in China.
The survey found that in 2012, the households in the top 5 percent income bracket earned 23 percent of Chinaâs total household income. The households in the lowest 5 percent accounted for just 0.1 percent of total income. Average annual income for a family in 2012 was 13,000 renminbi, or about $2,100.