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 | A garbage collector carries waste at a garbage dump site in Hefei, east China's Anhui province January 17, 2007. The deteriorating condition of China's environment is a concern shared by the majority of its people, shows a recent survey, China Daily reported. click to open  |  | A woman waits for customers to buy her balloons on a street in Nanjing, December 17, 2005. The United Nations Development Program published its 'China Human Development Report 2005' on Friday, calling on the Chinese government to fight social inequality. China's wealth gap between urban and rural communities is among the highest in the world, according to the report. Picture taken December 17, 2005. 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 |  | January 21st 1999, a beggar child singing for her supper - and for her blind father - is an all-too-familiar sight on the mainland due to its inadequate social welfare system. click to open |
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