China’s income distribution has become highly skewed: at 0.438, the Gini coefficient, which measures income inequality, puts the country closer to the United States than to northern Europe’s egalitarian societies (with the exception of the United Kingdom). And the unjust allocation of resources, which has enriched so many politically well-connected individuals and families, has become more difficult to bear.
许多中国人认为市场纪律可以带来公平竞争，有助于弥合日渐扩大的贫富差距。中国收入分配是高度不平等的：基尼系数（用于衡量收入不平等性的指标）达到了0.438，与美国相当，高于北欧平等社会（英国除外）。而不公平的资源配置——大量拥有政治人脉的个人和家族因此致富——变得越来越难以纠正。