China claimed last year it had met its target of lifting all its people out of extreme poverty. President Xi Jinping heralded it as a “major victory” that the Chinese Communist Party had ...

Thirty years ago, the South African photo journalist Kevin Carter captured a haunting image of The Vulture and the Little ...

China's story is proof that developing countries can eliminate poverty, and that a weaker bird can start early and fly high, when there is the endurance, perseverance and striving spirit that ...

The first episode, "Solemn Commitment", looking at how China fulfilled its promise to eliminate absolute poverty by current standards at the end of 2020, was aired on state broadcaster China ...

The reforms outlined in the third plenum sets the groundwork for deepening efforts such as poverty alleviation to sustainable development. China salesman sleeps in car to save money for trips to ...

The push to retrain rural workers is closely linked to President Xi Jinping's vow to eliminate poverty in China this year. Remote and mainly-Buddhist Tibet is governed as an autonomous region of ...

China has worked hard to reduce the number of citizens who live in poverty. The number of people in China who earn less than $1.90 (£1.25) per day, which is the line the World Bank uses to ...

It’s a success story that highlights how even people in the most far-flung communities are being lifted out of poverty by technology—particularly artificial intelligence, or AI. Since China ...

China's government announced it will offer a one-time cash allowance to those in extreme poverty. Earlier this week, the PBOC rolled out a slate of stimulus measures aimed at shoring up the economy.