When Guo Chunping, 47, an unemployed cleaner, met Hu Jintao, China’s president, a few months ago her widely publicised remarks about her state-subsidised apartment caused an outpouring of disbelief and scorn.
Ms Guo said she paid Rmb77 ($11.90) a month for her 45 square metre flat in suburban Beijing, an impossibly small amount to most urban Chinese, many of whom went online to deride the claims as Communist party propaganda.
In spite of widespread popular disbelief, a visit to her flat and statements from neighbours confirmed Ms Guo’s account.
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