Slums were not uncommon in Chinese cities a few decades ago, from the precarious working class districts of 1930s Shanghai to the shanty towns of British-occupied Hong Kong in the 1950s onwards. How did China manage to develop in a way that decreased mass housing precarity? What are the structural reasons behind it?
Wealth gap in India is depressing, so many middle class families have at least at least one laborer who is often paid 3,000INR a month (About 38 USD).