China’s ‘Victory’ Against Poverty Draws Skepticism

China’s ‘Victory’ Against Poverty Draws Skepticism
A migrant worker rides a tricycle full of waste along a street in Shanghai, China on Feb. 18, 2003. Liu Jin/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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The Chinese communist regime has made much fanfare of its apparent success in lifting tens of millions of rural residents out of poverty.

But leaked internal documents obtained by The Epoch Times show that Beijing’s strategy is reliant in part on directing state-owned and private enterprises to buy a range of goods from China’s poorest provinces—an approach critics say will not bring about sustainable economic improvement for these regions.

Frank Fang
Frank Fang
journalist
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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