Analysis: China's unsustainable poverty eradication claims are a house of cards
China's claims to have eradicated poverty ring hollow (file photo) - NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images/ China is awash with propaganda declaring that poverty has been eradicated in the nation of 1.4 billion people – a sweeping assertion that has drawn doubts given the government’s criteria for making the claim. While the Chinese government has managed to pull hundreds of millions of people out of poverty in efforts to become a “moderately prosperous” country, scores still struggle to make ends meet. China defines "extreme rural poverty" as an ...
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