In China, urban incomes do not accurately reflect levels of inequality, as urban residents have access to a variety of services that are not as easily accessible to rural residents.78.

城市收入并不能准确反映出不平等的程度。因为城市居民所能享有的各种服务是农村群众所无法轻易达到的。

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The main cause of increased inequality, especially in China, is the differing fortunes of rural and urban households.

不平等加剧的主要原因在于农村与城市家庭命运的不同，在中国尤其如此。

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In poor countries, widening income inequality takes the form of a gap between city and country: incomes have been rising faster for urban dwellers than for rural ones.

在贫穷国家，不断加大的收入不公平以城乡鸿沟的方式出现：城市居民的收入增长得比农村居民快。

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Inequality between urban and rural areas has recently stabilised and that between regions has begun to fall slightly, but from an extraordinarily high level.

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But none of these policies will change the fundamental cause of inequality between rural and urban areas: massive underemployment in the countryside.

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