But what has China actually achieved ... Elsewhere in the region, Vietnam has also seen a dramatic fall in extreme poverty rates over a similar period. Another large country, India, had 22% ...

China has brought over 800 million people out of extreme poverty, said the World Bank, after launching economic reforms in the 1970s. Its extreme poverty rate fell from 66.3 per cent in 1990 to ...

The threshold set by China to define extreme poverty amounts to $1.69 a day at current exchange rates, compared to the World Bank's global threshold of $1.90, Reuters news agency reports.

Hu Yan/For China Daily BEIJING -- As a trailblazer in combating poverty, China has consistently shared its experiences and resources with other countries, fostering shared development that ...

At last some good news for the North West Province in South Africa.On Thursday, in the small village of Kgomo-Kgomo, Chinese ...

China has worked hard to reduce the ... Although many people remain living in extreme poverty, life expectancy has risen and death rates have fallen. Today, most rural Chinese have better diets ...

However, China along with India are increasingly challenging the traditional economic hegemony. An issue of great importance is how this shift in the global economic balance of power will affect ...

When Tsinghua University initiated the China-Latin America 2024 Youth Challenge to Alleviate Poverty, inviting students to develop innovative and practical solutions to global poverty, William ...