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China declares it has eliminated rural poverty
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It's probably true (or close to true) based on their internal definitions. You can't really compare rural American poverty to rural Chinese poverty due to the vast differences in standards, costs of living, society, etc. At the very least the average Chinese person is seeing some level of improvement.
Whoever coined the term "Marxism with Chinese Characteristics" deserves a raise lol.
I actually remember reading an article a while back about the CPC cracking down on legitimate Marxist student movements that were developing around the country. I'm guessing that they don't want to throw Mao and the Communist founders under the bus since they've been trying to build up this idea that the CPC is a divine force that has been fighting to Make China Great Again for the past hundred years.
The national story wouldn't have the same mythical tone to it if they went around saying "well actually, Mao was an idiot and we're now following a new ideology that was born in the early '80s after Nixon flipped us."
Whoever coined the term "Marxism with Chinese Characteristics" deserves a raise lol.
I actually remember reading an article a while back about the CPC cracking down on legitimate Marxist student movements that were developing around the country. I'm guessing that they don't want to throw Mao and the Communist founders under the bus since they've been trying to build up this idea that the CPC is a divine force that has been fighting to Make China Great Again for the past hundred years.
The national story wouldn't have the same mythical tone to it if they went around saying "well actually, Mao was an idiot and we're now following a new ideology that was born in the early '80s after Nixon flipped us."
"Eliminated poverty" sounds like the perfect phrasing for a monkey paw wish even if Pooh wasn't involved.
"OK, OK; we'll say we exterminated poverty, then.
... wait, not good either? Geez, so sensitive. OK, umm... how about 'genocided poverty'?"
Technically if you starve to death you're no longer part of the poverty statistics, so...
"OK, OK; we'll say we exterminated poverty, then.
... wait, not good either? Geez, so sensitive. OK, umm... how about 'genocided poverty'?"
Technically if you starve to death you're no longer part of the poverty statistics, so...
I still remember when our (of course, right wing) local government "solved" the problem of pollution by moving pollution meters from streets to public parks. I fucking shit you not.
More at:
China's Xi trumpets 'victory' in campaign to end rural poverty
Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated "complete victory" in the effort to eradicate rural poverty at a ceremony in Beijing on Thursday to mark a signature initiative of his eight-year tenure.www.reuters.com
Eliminate if old
I believe this statement is poppycock.
YOU say country ravaged by massive pandemic. WE say elimination of rural poverty.
...god I hope their rural population is okay.
...god I hope their rural population is okay.
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Don't be silly.
But on other news, I really like this new Chinese product:
It would be nice if true but I'm a little sceptical. Also:
It is a bit odd. Capitalism has worked far better than communism ever did but they still claim to want to go that way. Would they think it's like admitting a bit of a defeat or something?
Of course, according to the CCP the current state of affairs is but a temporary step to the society Marx envisioned. Even though they had to completely betray the ideals of Socialism to do that lol, as other ruling Communist parties have done since 1991 like in Vietnam lol. Although I hear Vietnam has more socialist elements like encouragement of worker cooperatives than China has.
You must not be aware of what lengths the CCP will go to save face.
When you push the majority of the population into cities to work in factories, then yeah, I suppose so... in the same way that the Industrial revolution eliminated the same type of poverty when it happened.
aside from the muslim concentration camps and directorship, elimination of rural poverty is good. hope it can continue.
I mean it's very easy to "eliminate" poverty when you create the definitions yourself at whatever level is most convenient to you and are willing to abuse that to create a definition that has no real basis in the human condition.
I don't know what I expected coming in here, but I'll say it reaffirms why AsianEra isn't really active anymore.
You are right 100%. I feel the same with alternative fuel vehicles. Why don't people want to be the best? I would be happy to rub it in peeps faces if I was a government leader and can say we have quiet streets and clean fresh air.
This hasn't been the CCP's real mission since the Gang of Four was killed though. They intentionally use capitalism for their own gain e.g. buying US debt to keep Chinese goods prices low. Maybe their official documents say one thing but they did get rid of and killed most ardent Maoists after he died. I'd say it's pretty obvious if not an open secret.
Me playing Cities Skylines.
I want to thank you for this video, sorry for the mini-derail, but holy shit lol.
Bruh, peeps on this forum love to say how left leaning they appear to be, then 80% of the posts in here is basically MAGAs going Gyynnnaa!!
Really weird thread. I know it's China and all, but it's not like this came out of nowhere. The world has been watching China modernize for the past 50 years now. In the lifetime of a boomer, life expectancy in that country has literally doubled itself. 95% of the population has free, accessible basic healthcare compared to the 20% in 2000. It's not all some accounting trick and smokes and mirrors. Hundreds of millions of lives got appreciably better in a relatively quick time.
lol, reminds me of this NYT article
www.nytimes.com
lol, reminds me of this NYT article
The American Dream Is Alive. In China. (Published 2018)
Imagine two poor 18-year-olds, one in the U.S., the other in China. Who has a better chance of success? Are you sure?
www.nytimes.com