China’s middle class has overtaken the United States to become the largest in the world according to a comprehensive new report on the distribution of global wealth.
Despite fears of a global growth slowdown in the emerging world, Asia is set to be the scene for the greatest expansion of the world’s middle class, said Credit Suisse, in its annual wealth report.

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