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 | A disabled Chinese man begs for money on a street in Beijing, May 27, 2004. China's economic growth has lifted many out of poverty, but a growing wealth gap between its cities and rural areas, home to an estimated 70 percent of its population, has preoccupied its government click to open  |  | A disabled man begs for money on a subway train in Beijing April 17, 2004. A growing number of beggars have appeared in China's capital, taking advantage of a recent change of law curbing police powers to detain and repatriate vagrants and beggars. China continues to tackle a widening gap between rich and poor which threatens to destabilize the Communist Party rule. click to open |
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