According to Dorothy Solinger, professor emerita of political science at the University of California, Irvine, in China Perspectives, the urban Minimum Living Standard, or dibao, has become more stringent. The purpose of this is to force any able-bodied individuals to work, leaving only the most desperate to obtain government assistance.

For the full story, please visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahsu/2016/11/18/high-income-inequality-still-festering-in-china/#55616a4a4309.

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