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issue of "The Economist" (American edition), p.8, "The world this
week," a page that holds 21 brief news items, this one number 16.<br><div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div id="yiv259068330"><div><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">
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"China's government approved an income-distribution plan to tackle
the growing wealth gap. The plan includes boosting minimum wages,
loosening controls on interest rates and increasing spending on
education and affordable housing. State-owned companies would also
be required to hand over more of their profits to the government
to help pay for the changes."<br>
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