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Chinese President Xi Jinping
CHINESE President Xi Jinping presided over an awards ceremony for champions of its poverty eradication effort today as he declared “complete victory” over destitution in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.
China announced that it had eliminated absolute poverty in December, enabling it to meet its “first centenary goal,” which is to establish “a moderately prosperous society in all respects” by the centenary of the foundation of the Chinese Communist Party this summer.
It then embarks on its “second centenary goal,” to have built “a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced and harmonious” by the centenary of the establishment of the People’s Republic in 2049.
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
ROGER McKENZIE argues that the BRI represents a choice between treating humans as commodities or as equals — an essential project when, aside from China’s efforts, hundreds of millions worldwide are trapped in poverty
