ByJunyeZhangOnDec.5,2021,China'sMinistryofForeignAffairsreleasedareportonitswebsitetitled"TheStateofDemocracyintheUnitedStates."Thisseriesofinfographicscentersonthesecondsectionofthetext,"Messyandchaoticpracticesofdemocracy."ThissectionillustratesthatdemocracyintheUShasgonewrong,whichisreflectednotonlyinitssystemdesignandgeneralstructure,butalsointhewayitisputintopractice.ThegunshotsandfarceonCapitolHillhavecompletelyrevealedwhatisunderneaththegorgeousappearanceoftheAmerican-styledemocracy.ThedeathofBlackAmericanGeorgeFloydhaslaidbarethesystemicracismthatexistsinAmericansocietyfortoolong,andspurredadelugeofprotestsripplingthroughoutthecountryandeventhewholeworld.WhiletheCOVID-19pandemicremainsoutofcontrolintheUS,theissueofmask-wearingandvaccinationhastriggeredfurthersocialdivisionandconfrontation.Dividendsofeconomicgrowtharedistributedunfairly,andincomegrowthhasstalledformostordinarypeopleforalongperiodoftime.TheAmerican-styledemocracycanhardlyupholdpublicorderandethics,noradvancepublicwell-beingtothefullest.Herearehighlightsfrompartfourofthetext:Wideningwealthgap.(4)WideningwealthgapTheUSismorepolarizedthananyotherWesterncountryintermsofwealthdistribution.ItsGinicoefficienthasincreasedto0.48in2021,almostthehighestin50years.AsrevealedbyreportsoftheInstituteforPolicyStudies,aUSthinktank,thecombinedwealthofUSbillionairessoared19-foldbetween1990and2021,whileoverthissameperiod,USmedianwealthonlyincreased5.37%.TheharshrealityintheUSistherichisbecomingricher,andthepoorpoorer.AccordingtoFed’sOctober2021statistics,themiddle60%ofUShouseholdsbyincome,definedasthe“middleclass”,sawtheircombinedassetsdropto26.6%ofnationalwealthasofJunethisyear,thelowestinthreedecades,whilethefirst1%hada27%share,surpassingthe“middleclass”.AreportbyUCBerkeleyeconomistEmmanuelSaezshowsthatintermsofaverageannualincome,America’stop10%richearnoverninetimesasmuchasthebottom90%;thewealthiest1%areabout40timesmorethanthebottom90%;andtheultra-wealthytop0.1%are196timesofthebottom90%.12NextPageLastPage21Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.