Economics

China's Workers are Saying Goodbye to Double-Digit Pay Raises

  • Salary increases for hundreds of millions slowed last year
  • Pay moderated while industrial firms reaped bumper profits
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China’s workers may be starting to feel like they’re getting a raw deal.

Amid soaring industrial profits, employees in the world’s second-largest economy saw slower wage growth last year -- and many are seeing the smallest raises since 1997.