Rich buy themselves more space to live in
By Lan Tian | China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-09 07:42
About 20 percent of China's residents have no more than 10 sq m of living space, according to a survey that highlights the growing gap between rich and poor.
The survey, conducted by China's Xiaokang magazine and popular Internet portal Sina.com, polled 7,865 people about their accommodations from 2008 to 2009.
About 40 percent of the respondents said they had more than 30 sq m per capita living space, but about 20 percent have less than 10 sq m, the survey showed. Nearly two-thirds of respondents own a dwelling: 46 percent own one dwelling, 13 percent own two dwellings and 5 percent own three or more.
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