Blue-collar workers propelled China’s rise. Now their jobs are vanishing.
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Income inequality in China is now by some measures worse than in the U.S. as blue-collar jobs dwindle and workers turn to the gig economy.
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- Blue-collar workers propelled China’s rise. Now their jobs are vanishing.Washington Post World