China’s Wealthy Heirs Demoralize Young, Xinhua Commentary Says

The children of China’s newly rich commit “offenses against social order” and represent a widening wealth gap that can only be addressed through political change, the official Xinhua News Agency said in a commentary.

“Many offenses against social order by the second generation of China’s wealthy families in recent years have also demoralized the country’s social working spirit,” the commentary, which carried the bylines of three Xinhua writers, said today. “A widening wealth gap has appeared between cities and the countryside, different regions, jobs and groups of people.”