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.
China's middle-class boom. Since 1980, yearly earnings for an average Chinese household multiplied ten times over. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- As China's economy has exploded over the last 30 years, so too have the incomes and living standards of average Chinese people.hile that might not sound like a lot by U.S. standards, it's a boon for Chinese residents, who have seen their yearly earnings multiply tenfold since 1980. Over the past 10 years alone, incomes have quadrupled. In 2000, the average income was just $760 per person.