epa01150256 A photograph dated 09 August 2007 of the ‘Cage Home’ residents in the Tai Kok Tsui district of Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Chinas economic growth is widening the gaps between the rich and the poor. By the government’s own statistics, 20 million people in China still live in absolute poverty, and tens of millions more on less than a dollar a day, while a survey published last week found that the number of dollar billionaires had exploded to more than 100 last year from just 15 the year before. China’s leader Hu Jintao announced in his speech on the first day of the 17th communist party conference, that the tax system would be reformed to redistribute wealth from the super-rich to the poor. EPA/ALEX HOFFORD