記者還搜索到了英文時事雜誌《遠東經濟評論》(Far Eastern Economic Review)2007年第4期上的一篇文章,文中也提到了這些數字。文章原文為:「Article after article pores over the potential economic reasons for the increase in income inequality in China. We ignore the fact that of the 3,220 Chinese citizens with a personal wealth of 100 million yuan ($13 million) or more, 2, 932 are children of high-level cadres。」