Poll finds China thriving financially, less so in countryside

The new Gallup-Healthways Global Well-Being Index released this week showed China outstripping many of its neighbors in financial well-being, but rural residents suffering financially as often as in those nearby nations, South China Morning Post reported. In terms of purpose, Chinese respondents were lacking, with only 9% thriving and 35% suffering, compared to 13% thriving and 31% suffering in Asia as a whole. The Global Well-Being Index is based on telephone and face-to-face interviews on the Gallup World Poll, with a random sample of approximately 133,000 adults, aged 15 and older, living in 135 countries and areas last year.