ocr: Economic change has led to improved living standards, seen in the growing lemand for consumer goods, but also widening wealth disparities. The burgeoning small- business class and employees of companies with foreign investment have benetited most. They mainly live in the east, especially the southeast, which is home to a number of: millionaires. The main losers are the 150 million 'surplus" agricultural workers, many of whom have migratedto the cities in search ofjobs. The majority of Chinese are still farmers. They initially benetited from reform, but their living standards are now threatened ...
