Saturday, December 25th, 2004

Gap between rich and poor grows ever wider in China…

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…which is apparently going to cause more social unrest in the Middle Kingdom. People tend to forget that, yes, China is an enormous market and a giant pool of cheap labour, but the whole reason they went Communist in the first place was because they were cheesed off at the inherent inequality of their system. It wouldn’t surprise me if that happens again, and this time they don’t have communism to fall back on.

Warren Frey is a journalist, freelance writer, podcaster, video producer, and all-around media consultant currently based in Vancouver, Canada. His written work has appeared in such publications as Metro Vancouver, the Westender, Mac | Life and the Japan Times.

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