China's Gini Coefficient and Market Economy

This is my translation of an article by Xue Cong on www.cesnew.com titled “Is Market Economy A Sure Cause for Wealth Disparity?” (dated August 14, 2007):-

"Recently Mo Yu Xi’s 'the wealthy need to be protected' theory has stirred up heated debate in society. He said 'The difference between market economy and planned economy is that the former is centered…