John A. Donaldson.

Video · 26 February 2021

There are still poor people in China today

A short video on the persistence of poverty in China — a reminder that the 'end of absolute poverty' is not the end of poverty.

A brief video reflection on the persistence of poverty in China — recorded in the wake of official announcements that absolute rural poverty had been eradicated. The headlines tell one story; the people I have met in the villages tell another.

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