The gap between rich and poor in China has reached dangerous levels and may create social unrest, state paper Study Times has reported.
Growing wealth in cities like Shanghai has not been shared by rural areas.The Ministry of Labour and Social Security says income disparity is at “yellow alert”, its second-most serious level, and may reach “red alert”.
“If it continues this way for a long time, the phenomenon may give rise to various forms of instability,” it said.
China warns on wage gap ‘unrest’
Posted by Elena Favilli | Sep 26, 2005
Categories : Society,The Great Divide
Tags :wealth gap
