Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Charity: new cultural revolution

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Charity: new cultural revolution: "Charity: new cultural revolution

Authorities call on burgeoning middle class to help out the country's poor

Jonathan Watts in Beijing
Tuesday January 10, 2006
The Guardian

China, the greatest economic success story of the 21st century so far, is calling on its growing middle class to share more of its good fortune with the needy. The government has made an appeal for charity amid rising criticism that the spirit of philanthropy is developing a lot less quickly than the urge to accumulate wealth, as the country becomes richer but more divided."

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