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Essay Galaxy - Crime and the Black Market in Modern Day China
Crime and the Black Market in Modern Day China
With a population of approximately 1,203,097,268 people , China, who has
the world's largest population, also has the world's fastest growing black
market and crime problem. In China, crime rates have been climbing an estimated
10 percent a year since the early 1980s . China is a country that is currently
experiencing both political and economic instability. Economic reforms that
have been put in place by the government have only widened the income gap,
creating a middle class with money and a lower class of newly poor. With an
ever increasing size in this gap of income distribution and the relative ease of
making money through black market sales, it is no wonder more and more Chinese
are turning to a life of commonly accepted and profitable crime.
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