TIL Xi Jinpings wage is roughly on par with that of the median worker in China
TIL Xi Jinpings wage is roughly on par with that of the median worker in China
...The abolition of all representation allowances, and of all monetary privileges to officials, the reduction of the remuneration of all servants of the state to the level of "workmen's wages". This shows more clearly than anything else the turn from bourgeois to proletarian democracy, from the democracy of the oppressors to that of the oppressed classes, from the state as a "special force" for the suppression of a particular class to the suppression of the oppressors by the general force of the majority of the people--the workers and the peasants.
- V. I. Lenin, State and Revolution
That's communism. I wouldn't mind being a politician on the median wage. It's how you keep politicians reminded of what they're working for.
Average in whole China? Amazing. How is that enough in Beijing, isn't Beijing way more expensive than, let's say kunming?
Surely he gets some other benefits being head of state. It's not like he has to buy a house or anything. It's still better than the US President's top 1% salary though.
Without a doubt there's other perks and benefits. I wouldn't be so trusting of these reported salaries.