Poverty reduction
“China’s successful battle against poverty is a part of its process of socialist construction”
A recent study published by the Tricontinental: Institute of Social Research provides a detailed understanding of methods and motivations behind the Chinese initiative, which has lifted more than 850 million people out of absolute poverty since 1949
UN calls for investigation into Tigray war citing rights violations and other stories
Today we take a look the UN’s call for an investigation into Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a campaign to boycott Amazon, the ongoing Covid-19 vaccine development efforts in Cuba, and the declaration of an end of absolute poverty in China
China achieves goal of eradicating absolute poverty
Over the last eight years, China has lifted a total of 98.99 million poor out of poverty.
China declares end of absolute poverty in the country a decade ahead of the UN schedule
Through state-led initiatives it has lifted more than 770 million people out of poverty since 1979, which accounts for more than 70% of total global poverty reduction
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