{"id":31363,"date":"2009-01-16T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T19:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=31363"},"modified":"2009-01-16T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T19:00:56","slug":"china-rural-urban-wage-gap-widens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/china-rural-urban-wage-gap-widens\/","title":{"rendered":"China Rural-urban Wage Gap Widens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As food prices declined last year, incomes in rural areas of China fell even further behind those of city dwellers, according to official statistics. <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/7833779.stm\">The BBC reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe latest statistics from China&#8217;s Agriculture Ministry suggest that on average, city dwellers earned 3.36 times more than those in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Equality was one of the demands that helped the Chinese communist party to power nearly 60 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Now as the world&#8217;s third largest economy, China&#8217;s rural population are seeing their incomes fall further behind than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>The average wealth gap has now reached 11,100 yuan or $1,620 (\u00a31,100), $200 more than it was in 2007. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For more on this and related topics, see CDT&#8217;s News Focus section <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/cat\/focus\/the-great-divide\/\">The Great Divide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As food prices declined last year, incomes in rural areas of China fell even further behind those of city dwellers, according to official statistics. 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