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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 -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Median would definitely give a more realistic picture considering how bad wealth inequality is in China.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It’s really tragic the progress they’re making. No wonder they hate their government so much.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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