However keep in mind that China is still only about as rich as Mexico or Russia in terms of GDP per capita. So hasn't joined the rich world, yet.
Ethnic Chinese people are very successful around the world. Mainland China actually has on average the poorest Chinese people. Compare eg Singapore, Taiwan, or even the ethnic Chinese populations in Thailand or the US.
(Not completely sure about the Chinese people in Thailand. Need to dig up stats.)
I myself migrated to Singapore a few years ago, as I agree with their pro-market policies. We also have great food here. Just the weather is a bit muggy.
> weather is a bit muggy
On a rainy day in England, I can very much sympathise!
Just because eg inequality in the US might have increased, and inequality in China might have increased, doesn't mean that the inequality in their combined population has increased.
I'm talking about the combined population of all humanity.
See eg https://archive.is/7xWtr
Because our local society is the society against which we, as humans, tend to measure ourselves, and inequality within our in-group is the strongest predictor of crime, perhaps?
Why wouldn’t you? The fact that Chinese people are much better off than they were a few decades ago has almost no bearing on the well-being of me, my family, relatives, friends or almost anyone I know.
Increasing inequality in the country I live (or countries I have the right to live in or would ever consider moving to) does.
Because income and wealth inequality has been steadily increasing in (almost)all developed countries