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China has the most developed cities worldwide.
On the other hand China has a massive rural population.
Might I remind you that in the USA too New York is very developed while in rural places like West Virginia it looks very different?
>first world
Which just means being under US-American rule.
Taiwan is part of international trade without any sanctions. The one thing it got to its name is the semiconductor industry powered by Dutch EUV machines, which it was only allowed to purchase BECAUSE it is a US puppet.
Now look at China. It is now America's number one enemy and it was accomplished while being sanctioned and excluded from buying advanced western products.