It was hard to get adequate food and clothing," An recalled. However, thanks to China's poverty alleviation project, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture cast off poverty at the end of 2020.

China says it is a socialist country that aims to promote common prosperity. In 2021, its top leader, Xi Jinping, declared “a comprehensive victory in the battle against poverty.” Yet many ...

In Ningxia, one of China's less affluent regions, individuals who earn less than 9,000 yuan a year are considered to be ...

Aadil Brar is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers international security, U.S.-China relations, and East Asian security. Aadil previously reported for the BBC World Service.

Sun Junli is one of many small-business owners, the backbone of China’s economy, who lost everything to a change in government policy. By Li Yuan Two years ago, as she walked through a hospital ...

The ongoing crusade to stop China’s rich from doing rich people things—and to try to keep poverty out of sight and out of mind—is closely linked to President Xi Jinping’s mantra of ...

Adjunct Fellow and PhD candidate in the Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University Jason Hickel acknowledges support by the María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence grant from the ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

The model sparked an extraordinary period of growth that lifted China out of poverty and turned it into a global giant whose export prowess washed across the globe. Now the model is broken.