China's fragile victory over poverty

When Chinese President Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, he made tuo pin, or poverty eradication, one of his signature policies. This week, China declared victory in its decades-long battle after the last of its impoverished counties were lifted from poverty. While the good news comes just in time for the Communist Party's 100th anniversary next year, some wonder if this success is sustainable against an economic slowdown and Covid-19 pandemic.

Right: Villagers walking down an alley between rows of new houses built by the Chinese government - as part of its anti-poverty campaign - in Xujiashan village in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture's Ganluo county. Villagers used to live in mud huts.
Villagers walking down an alley between rows of new houses built by the Chinese government - as part of its anti-poverty campaign - in Xujiashan village in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture's Ganluo county. Villagers used to live in mud huts. ST PHOTO: DANSON CHEONG
Danson Cheong
China Correspondent
Updated
Apr 06, 2021, 07:12 PM
Published
Nov 28, 2020, 05:00 AM
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LIANGSHAN PREFECTURE (SICHUAN PROVINCE) - Reminders to be thankful can be seen all over the Chengbei Gan En Community, a housing project in Sichuan's mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture.

The residential development is aptly named, for "gan en" means gratitude in English.

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