From Chicago Tribune:
…China is more prosperous and cosmopolitan than at any time in history. Yet the gap between the haves and have-nots is widening, fueling leaders’ fears of social instability despite repeated government campaigns to stem it.
For a city in transition, billboards that urged buyers to “indulge” in a luxury sedan or “be a foreigner’s landlord” became politically provocative. “As a worker, it’s like being on a bike when you see an Audi drive by. How does it make you feel?” said Wu Tianli, 42, an embittered shopkeeper whose home was razed for development….[Full Text]
