A man rides a scooter past a screen showing figures of the gross domestic product on a street in Shanghai on Jan. 19, 2026. China’s economy grew at one of the slowest rates in decades last year, according to official data, amid persistently low consumer spending and a debt crisis in the country’s property sector. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty ImagesNews AnalysisChina’s wealth inequality may be far more severe than official figures indicate, according to a prominent Chinese economist whose recent remarks have reignited debate over the country’s widening wealth divide and the limits of Beijing’s “common prosperity” agenda.
Chinese Economists Inequality Warning Challenges Beijings Common Prosperity Push
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