Tag: Income gap

Government Proposal Aims to Narrow Economic Divide

Last month, the Chinese government made the country’s official gini coefficient public for the first time since 2000. The official number, which measures the level of economic inequality in a society on a scale of 0 to 1, was a moderate .474 in 2012. However, other surveys have found China’s gini coefficient to be at a more alarming level of .61. Now, many are questioning the accuracy o

February 5, 2013 2:23 PM

Bad Behavior by Wealthy Teenagers Breeds Disdain

When a 19-year-old student from China crashed his Mercedes into a car in Washington State, killing a 25-year-old and inju

March 11, 2013 9:44 PM

On The Web, A Tale of Two Chinas

After last week’s announcement by the National Bureau of Statistics that income equality had reached potentially de

January 24, 2013 5:14 PM

Has Chongqing’s Great Divide Widened Since Bo?

The Globe and Mail’s Mark MacKinnon checks in from Chongqing, where he sees evidence of China’s large and gro

January 21, 2013 5:13 PM

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