So, what about China especially as China is becoming increasingly unequal in terms  of income? moving from a Gini coefficient near that  of Sweden, in the high 20s, to a Gini coefficient more unequal in the United  States, somewhere in the high 40s, mid-high 40s.  this graph shows the rise in the Gini coefficient of income (no period)  nationally over time in the quarter or 30 years from 1978 to 2006. 