Its leadership will change next year – at a time when income inequality is on the march and the Party lacks any consensus on how to stop it. Given that less than 9% of China’s ruling communist party members are actually “workers” nowadays, the regime’s leaders must be even more uncomfortable with growing inequality.
而与此同时中国正站在一个关键的关口上。该国最高领导层将在明年换届，而偏偏收入不均状况又不断恶化，党内对如何制止这一态势缺乏共识。考虑到执政的中国共产党如今只有不到9%的党员是真正的“工人”，该政权的领导人面对收入分配不均状况显然更加如坐针毡。但如果缺乏切实的政治改革，收入不均现象将随着权贵资本主义的逐渐扎根而更加恶化。