Beijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2021
China claimed last year it had met a long-trumpeted target of lifting all its people out of extreme poverty. President Xi Jinping heralded a “major victory” that the Chinese Communist Party had wanted to achieve before the centenary of its founding in 2021. But what do the numbers say? – What counts as poverty? – China’s poverty line is around $2.30 a day – slightly above the Wo
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