Is China a Classless Society?
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Is China a Classless Society?
In china they claim to be communist, or a classless society. They might have been years ago, but now it's a different story.
The housing that the Chinese people live in varies in a number of different ways, from really small run down, overall shabby houses. Others in Beijing had houses no bigger than the size of one room in a normal house in the U.S. In other parts of Beijing, people lived in nice skyscrapers that were turned into apartment buildings. Many others lived in tents and were overcrowded. In Turpan, most people were seen sleeping outside of their homes. While people in Kashgar had huge beautiful apartments. In Shanghi, there were nice apartments and small huts. Just from the housing developments you can see a range of classes.
The people of China also varied. There were nice classrooms of children that weren't poor. Then when you go out onto the street and you see homeless people, people sleeping on giant brooms, and people collecting bottles for money. Almost all of the kids had their heads shaved, even if they were girls. While