Wealth Disparity in China

[Anonymous]

Excellent resource nguillen!
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I will be using this in my College Prep course where once a week we analyze and discuss an article. I like to use ones that have to do with education and school processes that are different form my students typical school experience. These type of articles tend to engage the students instantly.

[Anonymous]

I love the disparity of paying someone 10,000 to learn how to spend your excessive money to benefit at least a few others. Students would love this. My kids would be fascinated by the excessive wealth of the kids in the story. The quote that says that money is the be all and end all in modern china would be interesting as a conversation starter to examine our own get rich culture. THis would make a fun lesson.

[Anonymous]

This is an excellent article. Like rlaunius, I am going to use this article to start a discussion about income gaps, not just in China, but around the world.

[Anonymous]

The economic disparity is still a challenge for the China. For the rich to share their wealth with the misfortune is a noble deed, however, a more urgent need is to create job opportunities and raise basic salary.

[Anonymous]

Economic disparity will be challenge for china in coming year. They should come up with strong and practicable ideas which can be implemented.

[Anonymous]

Economic disparity will continue to cause more and more migrations from the rural areas to the large cities.

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

This article completely blew my mind.

The wealth disparity in China is growing, so a program has been establish to inspire philanthropic ideals in the children of China's wealthiest families. These classes, which teach children how to manage their excess wealth, run up to $10,000 per year.

I really like this sneak peek into the world of the super rich because I think offers a potential launching point for a discussion of socio-economic disparities and what different countries are doing to respond to this inequality. In the article, the author writes, "the ulterior motive of the [program] is to teach these kids how to care about others, to teach little rich kids how to give back to society." This is a noble ideal, but I would love to ask my students about how effective this approach is to solving economic inequality. This would be especially interesting to read alongside "The Singer Solution to World Poverty," by Peter Singer.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/20/182926183/Children-Of-Chinas-Wealthy-Learn-Expensive-Lessons

[Anonymous]

This is a such a stark contradiction for a country where the official party in power is the "Communist Party." I wonder how the government explains or justifies this reality to the people. Chairman Mao would not be a happy camper. In any case, I think this is a great article for us to share with our students so that they also know that here in the US, we also have a terrible unequal distribution of wealth. Do we have any classes here that teach the children of billionaires to give back to less fortunate? Why or why not?

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