'Poverty divides us': Inequality in China

What did Wang Zhenyu experience when he moved to the coastal city of Dalian?

• Culture shock

• Language barrier

• Foreign land

• Educational opportunities

What is dividing Wang and his childhood friends?

• Wealth gap

• Educational opportunities

• Cultural differences

• Language barrier

What is the official measurement of income inequality in China?

• Gini coefficient

• Poverty line

• Income ratio

• Wealth index

How many citizens in China earn about 1,000 yuan a month?

• 600 million

• 1 billion

• 200 million

• 400 million

What did Xi Jinping warn about the wealth gap in China?

• It is not just an economic issue, but a political one

• It is not a threat to the party's legitimacy

• It is not a significant concern for the Chinese people

• It is not related to the rural-urban divide

What does Scott Rozelle remark about Wang's path from poverty to the educated middle class?

• It is very rare

• It is common in China

• It is not significant for China's future

• It is a result of government policies

What could undermine the authority of the Communist party in China?

• Anger over inequalities

• Foreign nations

• Electoral pressure

• Economic growth

What does Rozelle suggest as a solution to the wealth gap in China?

• Long-term and sufficient investment in education and health

• Increasing wages for the poor

• Exploiting cheap labor from rural areas

• Moving towards a manufacturing-based economy

What is the concern for China in moving beyond manufacturing and low-skilled labor?

• Getting stuck in the middle-income trap

• Losing competitiveness to other countries

• Lack of investment in education

• Decreasing wages for the rich

What is the main reason for the wealth gap between rural and urban areas in China?

• Lack of access to quality education and healthcare in rural areas

• Higher cost of living in urban areas

• Government policies favoring urban development

• Language barriers between rural and urban populations