Why are China’s billionaires writing big checks to charity?
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The biggest threat to China’s future prosperity may not come from the US, but from within as it wrestles with falling birthrates and rising inequality. How concerned is China about the widening gap between the country’s haves and have nots? Look no further than its billionaires, who’ve suddenly become very generous.
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Michael Standaert (@mstandaert), journalist
Einar Tangen (@ehtangen), commentator on economics and political affairs
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