Gini indexes of China and India compared show very similar features...
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354686685/figure/fig2/AS:1069644047724544@1632034422625/Gini-Coefficient-of-China-Brazil-and-India.png link because it won't load the image correctly I think
Gini is a measure of inequality, not a measure of how many have more than some threshold of income. It doesn't say anything about how many China has lifted out of poverty relative to India
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354686685/figure/fig2/AS:1069644047724544@1632034422625/Gini-Coefficient-of-China-Brazil-and-India.png link because it won't load the image correctly I think
EDIT2: Actually used the correct link
I saw the dip and my mind went
Gini is a measure of inequality, not a measure of how many have more than some threshold of income. It doesn't say anything about how many China has lifted out of poverty relative to India