BEIJING: A majority of “rumours” swirling in Beijing target government officials and the rich, state-run media said, underscoring popular resentment at society’s “haves” amidst deepening inequality in China.
“About 64 percent of the rumour samples in the research involved hatred of officials, 58% hatred of the rich,” the Global Times reported, citing a study by the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences and Social Sciences Academic Press.
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