A Rich Country With Poor People

Asia Sentinel, 26 Jun 2009, Alice Poon
Many netizens have been thrilled by a news report saying that this year China’s GDP will surpass that of Japan. Some academics even predict that in 20 years, China’s GDP will overtake that of the United States to rank first in the world. The catch is that these glamorous statistics fail to cover up the fact that the rich and the poor are polarized.
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