China’s Happiness Has Not Grown With Its Economy

The propaganda specialists in Guangdong Province must have seen this one coming: Chinese aren’t very happy.
China’s Happiness Has Not Grown With Its Economy
A man has his lunch at a noodle restaurant in Beijing on April 11. Satisfaction with life for ordinary Chinese has not grown as fast as the economy over the past 30 years. Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images
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A man has his lunch at a noodle restaurant in Beijing on April 11. Satisfaction with life for ordinary Chinese has not grown as fast as the economy over the past 30 years. (Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images)
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