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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks at the video press conference from The Great Hall Of The People after the closing of the rubber-stamp legislative annual meeting in Beijing, China on May 28, 2020. Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images
After this year’s meetings of China’s rubber-stamp legislature concluded, Premier Li Keqiang revealed at a press conference that roughly 600 million Chinese citizens only earn 1,000 yuan, or roughly $140, a month.
That is not enough to pay for monthly rent on a one-bedroom apartment in a mid-sized Chinese city.
Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
