Independent unions are illegal in China with only the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) permitted to operate.
China is a mostly capitalist country with the state owning a lot of capital, and a “communist” party deciding without a mandate from people. But it retains some features of socialist policy.
In year 2021, Beijing was the city with the biggest number of billionaires living there (later, Mumbai took over).
If you take the list of countries by income inequality, you will see that China has greater inequality than most of neighbouring countries, and most of Europe.
Some Gini indexes of Asian countries, more equal first (source: United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research):
Kazakhstan 27.79
Pakistan 29.59
Taiwan 32.58
Mongolia 32.74
South Korea 33.10
Japan 33.40
China 36.67
India 37.06
Some highlights from other continents:
Ukraine 25.63
Poland 28.56
Canada 28.80
Sweden 30.08
France 31.63
Egypt 31.89
Switzerland 33.82
UK 34.24
Russia 36.03
USA 39.79
Turkey 42.60
Mexico 44.01
Zimbabwe 50.26
Going by the Gini index, China has a lot in common with the USA and its closest matches among big countries are Russia and India.
The working class control China, hence why billionaires are regularly executed if they hurt Chinese citizens.
I know it’s hard to understand.
A fun question for you: can a worker in China start an independent trade union?
The answer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_relations_in_China
China is a mostly capitalist country with the state owning a lot of capital, and a “communist” party deciding without a mandate from people. But it retains some features of socialist policy.
In year 2021, Beijing was the city with the biggest number of billionaires living there (later, Mumbai took over).
If you take the list of countries by income inequality, you will see that China has greater inequality than most of neighbouring countries, and most of Europe.
Some Gini indexes of Asian countries, more equal first (source: United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research):
Some highlights from other continents:
Going by the Gini index, China has a lot in common with the USA and its closest matches among big countries are Russia and India.