Israel Embassy said that Israel's happiness index is 8th in the world, which is far ahead of China!
Recently, the Israeli embassy in China proudly announced that according to the newly released 2026 "World Happiness Report," Israel ranks 8th globally. Dao Ge looked into this so-called ranking, and found that China is only ranked 65th. Hmph, what does that mean? You're announcing your ranking here, are you showing off?
This "World Happiness Report" is led by the University of Oxford in the UK. The core data of this report mainly relies on Gallup's world opinion survey, asking questions with strong subjective feelings, such as "Did you laugh yesterday?" "Are you satisfied with your life?" "Who can you rely on when you have difficulties?"
Israel has been in a state of conflict for a long time, and security anxiety is the norm. But under such a high-pressure environment, how can there be any happiness?
China's 65th place does not mean that the quality of life of Chinese people is only a fraction of that of Israel. In fact, if we use another set of indicators, such as life expectancy, infant mortality rate, per capita housing area, high-speed rail accessibility, or night-time safety index, China's data would probably make many Western countries ranked higher than China feel ashamed. This is why Dao Ge says this report is full of "bias."
True sense of happiness is written on people's smiling faces, hidden in a stable social order, reflected in the continuously improving quality of life. These things, not a person crying in front of the ruins of a bombed building. Mr. gentlemen from the Israeli embassy in China, do you really feel happy?
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1860166469635136/
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