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China has a birth-rate problem. It's also the 2nd-least affordable country in the world to raise a child, says a Beijing think tank. (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The Gini coefficient is the one that measures income inequality. China's is roughly where the US is at in that measure which is to say extremely unequal at around 47:

https://web.archive.org/web/20240211041900/https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/10/02/just-how-dickensian-is-china