SHANGHAI: The number of billionaires in China has overtaken that of the United States for the first time, an annual survey said on Thursday, despite slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy.

Communist-ruled China now has 596 billionaires, up a “staggering” 242 over the last year, Shanghai-based luxury magazine publisher Hurun Report said, surpassing the 537 Americans.

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