![China and US middle class](/content/images/size/w720/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-12-09T055627Z_1_LYNXMPEHB804Q_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SNAPSHOT-scaled.jpg)
The US and China’s middle class, compared
This is comparable to the US, which has about a 50% middle-class population. Still, some critics are worried that China will eventually have similar problems to the US.
What’s the middle class?
* We frequently hear that the middle class is shrinking, but it’s become pretty tough to figure