Ning Jizhe, who heads the National Bureau of Statistics, said ­inequality worsened due to slow growth in pension incomes. Photo: Handout
Ning Jizhe, who heads the National Bureau of Statistics, said ­inequality worsened due to slow growth in pension incomes. Photo: Handout

China’s dirty little secret: its growing wealth gap

Income inequality worsened for the first time in five years, with the top 1 per cent owning a third of the country’s total wealth

Ning Jizhe, who heads the National Bureau of Statistics, said ­inequality worsened due to slow growth in pension incomes. Photo: Handout
Ning Jizhe, who heads the National Bureau of Statistics, said ­inequality worsened due to slow growth in pension incomes. Photo: Handout
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