China has the second largest concentration of billionaires in the world, and as these photos from Reuters photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon show just how disparate the lives of China's rich and poor really are.
Monday, September 9, 2013
22 Images that Illustrate China's Wealth Gap.
There are, to paraphrase George W. Bush, two types of people in the world: the haves and the have mores. The disparity between the rich and the poor is more evident in China than in other developing countries, as the generation that made their money from land deals and oil in the 1980s live increasingly more lavish lifestyles.
China has the second largest concentration of billionaires in the world, and as these photos from Reuters photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon show just how disparate the lives of China's rich and poor really are.
China has the second largest concentration of billionaires in the world, and as these photos from Reuters photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon show just how disparate the lives of China's rich and poor really are.
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