China’s statistics agency puts the size of the country’s middle class at nearly 400 million – less than a third of the population. Photo: AP China’s statistics agency puts the size of the country’s middle class at nearly 400 million – less than a third of the population. Photo: AP
China’s statistics agency puts the size of the country’s middle class at nearly 400 million – less than a third of the population. Photo: AP
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The question mark hanging over China’s 400 million-strong middle class

Burdened by rising costs, debt and worries about the future, will they vanish or thrive?

Topic |   China economy
Zhou Xin
Zhou Xin

Updated: 1:58pm, 13 Oct, 2018

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China’s statistics agency puts the size of the country’s middle class at nearly 400 million – less than a third of the population. Photo: AP China’s statistics agency puts the size of the country’s middle class at nearly 400 million – less than a third of the population. Photo: AP
China’s statistics agency puts the size of the country’s middle class at nearly 400 million – less than a third of the population. Photo: AP
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