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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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