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The Wall Street Journal Weekend Review, March 6, 2020 | The Discontent of Migrants Looms over China: The coronavirus has exacerbated the economic divide between middle-class urbanites and the country's rural underclass

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WEEKEND REVIEW, MARCH 6, 2020 | THE DISCONTENT OF MIGRANTS LOOMS OVER CHINA: THE CORONAVIRUS HAS EXACERBATED THE ECONOMIC DIVIDE BETWEEN MIDDLE-CLASS URBANITES AND THE COUNTRY'S RURAL UNDERCLASS

 

This essay is adapted from Mr. Roberts's new book, "The Myth of Chinese Capitalism: The Worker, the Factory and the Future of the World," which will be published on March 10 by St. Martin's Press.