Chinese Show Deepening Concern at Officials’ Corruption
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Chinese people are increasingly worried about growing income inequality and official corruption, according to a Pew Research Center survey released weeks before a once-a-decade leadership transition.
Forty-eight percent of 3,177 adults surveyed said the gap between rich and poor in China is a “very big problem,” up seven percentage points from a 2008 survey, the Pew Global Attitudes Project found. Fifty percent said official corruption was a very big problem, compared with 39 percent four years ago. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.