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Scavengers picking up useful construction waste from a garbage dump in Hefei, in central China's Anhui province on December 9, 2012.

China's widening wealth gap leaves millions in poverty

China's wealth gap has widened to a level where it is among the world's most unequal nations, a Chinese academic institute said in a survey, as huge numbers of poor are left behind by the economic boom.

-- Agence France-Presse

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Ahhhh the price of progress.......Nice caption .......Those "scavengers" are people......... NBC it is you who are the "scavengers". Looking for the next tragic photograph in which to profit from.

    Reply#1 - Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:14 AM EST

    China may be trying to plunge ahead towards being a world power, but eventually those suffering may stand up against their oppressors.

      Reply#2 - Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:09 PM EST
      Comment author avatarHoda Toshiakivia Facebook

      What does this reporting imply? That it was better when all Chinese were equally poor?? More Chinese have been able to leave poverty in a short period of time than the entire population of the United States but its a tragedy because they couldn't everyone out?

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