The growing inequality in China
China is without a doubt the fastest developing country in the world. Probably 50% of what you see around you (if you are sitting in front of a computer in a library, at home or at work) is made in China. Furthermore China has a continuously growing population and it is estimated that by 2020 this Asian country will demand 70% of the world’s resources like paper and cotton. If you think about it, China has the capacity to become the most powerful country in the world.
But behind this fast economic growth, there is something going on that is usually neglected by the media, businessmen and politicians alike, something that is worth talking about, something so significant that every human being should be aware of it. I am talking about the growing inequality in China, the heavy pollution and the fact that the bigger percentage of Chinese people live with less than a pound a day, surrounded by waste and toxic gases. I have recently watched a documentary about a Chinese village where most of the men used to be fishermen and were able to feed their families without worrying about tomorrow. Today all their fishing places are polluted, even the huge river passing through the village is not filled with fish, but with plastic bottles, dirt and all kinds of dangerous and poisonous things. And when most Chinese live in poverty, thousands of businessmen spend their huge fortunes buying private planes, luxurious houses and expensive designer clothing. They don’t care that their fortunes are at the expense of the misery of their countryman. I am sure that they employ hundreds of thousands of people without worrying about social benefits, how to help them develop their skills, how to improve their working conditions, they probably don’t even have an integrated human resources software to keep track of the many miserable souls who get sick or even die because of the unbearable working conditions. They simply don’t care. This is what I call dirty money.
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