That might help to narrow a yawning wealth gap between China's elite and its poor majority and ease tensions over its trade surplus by boosting consumer demand for imports.

他们可能会缩小中国精英和大多数人贫苦者的差距，通过推动进口消费需求缓解贸易顺差的紧张局面。

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The poor countries are having to run faster and faster in their economic activity in order to stay in the same place, and the gap in wealth between rich and poor countries grows wider every year.

贫穷的国家为了保持地位不下降，在经济上不得不加快速度急起直追，因为贫穷的国家和富裕的国家在财富上的差距一年比一年大。

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So as income inequality grew, the government propped up spending by promoting easy credit for less wealthy Americans, and much of the profit from that easy credit fed the wealth of the richest, widening the gap between rich and poor yet further.

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It is a horrific statistic that hints at - among many factors - the widening wealth gap in a country where the poor are so often obliged to squeeze into speeding and over-crowded minibuses for long commutes.

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