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China’s Poor Eat Crumbs from the Rich Person’s Table

China’s Poor Eat Crumbs from the Rich Person’s Table

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Oct 12, 2007
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The new Forbes list of China’s wealthiest 100 was splashed across the country’s newspapers this week, led by a 26-year-old woman worth an astonishing US$16.2 billion.

The list sparked admiration from some readers — and disgust from plenty more. Many people see the widening wealth gap in China as something resembling Latin America’s legendary divide betwe…

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