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inequality quickly transformed itself
into disparities in income
among di
fferent classes, social strata,
and regions, leading rapidly
to social polarization’.
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Formal measures of social inequality, such
as the Gini coe
fficient, confirm that China has travelled the path
from one of the poorest and most egalitarian societies to chronic
Figure 5.2 Increasing income inequality in China: rural (above) and
urban (below), 1985–2000
Source: Wu and Perlo
ff, China’s Income Distribution Over Time.
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