Labels:text | font | screenshot | black and white OCR: Economic change has led to improved living standards, seen in the growing demand for consumer goods, but also widening wealth disparities. The burgeoning small- business class and employees of companies with foreign investment have benefited 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 migrated to the cities in search of jobs. The majority of Chinese are still farmers. They initially benefited from reform, but their living standards are now threatened by rising production costs.
