Inequality and its causes are sensitive topics in Communist China. Photo: AFP
China censors Thomas Piketty’s book that touches on nation’s growing inequality
- President Xi Jinping heaped lavish praise on French economist’s first book Capital in the 21st Century, which critiqued the failings of capitalism
- But Piketty says his latest book on inequality is unavailable in the mainland because he has refused to allow sections critical of China’s wealth gap to be censored
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Inequality and its causes are sensitive topics in Communist China. Photo: AFP