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Question

I'm a high school student.I what to know your opinion about extreme disparity between the rich and the poor of china.And please tell me your age and country,thanks!!

Answer 1

I've been to China a few times and my opinion is that there will soon be a revolution there. The rich are very rich, live in lovely houses and drive expensive cars. The poor live and work on the land and get very little wages.

One day the poor will notice this disparity in a so-called communist country and start asking questions. Once that happens and there is a sufficient mass of people there will be a revolution there.

The only reasons this hasn't happened so far is that news is censored and there is the strong police/army presence to enforce the law. If they were to allow the pesants to see what happens in major cities like Shanghai they wouldn't be happy to go back to their farms and work for next to nothing.

My theory is that as the internet is rolled out across China people will eventually find out the truth and will want a piece of the pie. However, if they were to share the money out equally amongst everyone then wages would increase and China wouldn't be the economic powerhouse it is today (due to low wages and therefore low cost of production).

The internet will be the downfall of China, which is why the Government censor major portions of it now (for example, this answer will never be seen in China). This can't last forever, the truth will get out eventually.

Answer 2

Regardless of the country in question, I think it's always bad when there is a huge disparity with some people being really rich and others being really poor. I think it's much better when most people live under rather similar condition, none of them being very poor or very rich but rather all of them being somewhere in the middle, having enough.

When you think about it, what's the use in one person owning billions, more than they'll ever need in their lifetime? It just doesn't seem fair when a lot of people struggle daily and don't have as much as food to eat or medicines, just because they were born into a poverty and don't have the opportunity to get out of it.

I come from Iceland, where there is a very small (although sadly, increasing now) disparity between the rich and the poor. It has long been a part of our values that everyone is equal regardless of wealth, and we feel that everyone should be taken care of, noone should be left behind. We don't want people to live in poverty and we don't like it much when someone is extremely rich, because we feel like wealth should be split more equally between people.

In China, you can clearly see how the growing disparity between the rich and the poor is already causing problems. Crime rates are up and there is more tension between the rich and the poor, the poor feeling they don't get the same opportunities as the rich. I think this problem will continue to grow as the disparity grows. It seems to me like a development in the wrong direction.

I'm 24 years old by the way.

Answer 3

US, 44 yrs.old
Here's the problem, you have over a billion people being managed by a couple of hundred people. The communist party controls everything, the water, the power, the telephones, the internet, the roads, the birth control, everything. A few places like Shangai and Hong Kong have flourished and the standard of living is much better than the rest of the country but there's still lots of poberty in those places. Go to CIA World Fact online and use the drop down menu to find out about any Country you want

Answer 4

It's Always been ruled by the biggest group of Thugs.