BEIJING -- The economic divide between China's lagging north and thriving south is widening fast, complicating macroeconomic and monetary policy.
Oil prices and state-owned companies in northern regions hinder growth

The economic divide between China's lagging north and thriving south is widening fast. (Source photos by Ken Kobayashi and Akira Kodaka)
BEIJING -- The economic divide between China's lagging north and thriving south is widening fast, complicating macroeconomic and monetary policy.