If ever there was a barometer of China’s rich and poor divide, it is a new report on how much people spend on entertainment and leisure activities.
Almost 45% of the population - equivalent to 620 million people in China – spend less than US$153 on entertainment for the entire year, a new survey reveals.
About 4.1% of respondents said they spent nothing on leisure.
“The last time I went to a wedding reception in a neighboring village, I spent 80 yuan (US$12) on a gift,” said Luo Xiu, who is in her 50s and lives in Wan’an county in the southwestern Jiangxi province.
“I had a good meal and fun there. I think that is my only expense on leisure in the last year.”
The survey, by the Chinese Aca
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Dec 29, 2020