Who wrote that the Chinese are “the wisest and best governed people in the world”? That they perfected “morality” as well as “political economy” to such an extent that “in those fields we need to be their disciples”? Today such comments would be presumed to come from the worst kind of “China apologi...
China's poverty alleviation program, launched in 2014, involved massive human and financial resources, with over 3 million party secretaries and residents dispatched to carry out targeted poverty alleviation and ¥14 trillion spent in total. The poverty alleviation initiative was motivated by both pragmatic considerations and a vision of government, which emphasizes the importance of public trust and confidence in the system.
"Many of them weren’t used to the harsh realities of rural life in China’s poorer areas and some fell ill as a result. China’s State Council Information Office reported that more than 1,800 party members and officials lost their lives in the fight against poverty." Fucking heroes bro!