It is simplified, but it is also wrong. If you're looking for a simplified explanation, the article doesn't do too bad a job. China has lifted over half a billion people out of poverty in the last 30 years. Dismissing that as a side effect of trying to "influence world events" is, frankly, preposterous.
Well, I think the Chinese people are the one who pulled themselves out of poverty, and they did this * in spite of * the government, not * because of * it.
