Tag: China poverty

A Spate of Killings Highlights Resentment, Unrest in China’s Rural Villages

A series of violent killings in China earlier this month generated widespread attention on social media and Chinese-language news sites around the world. The brutal murders, which took place over 11 days, all involved attacks by Chinese peasants on village officials. Making the attacks more remarkable was that public reaction to the killers was generally…


China’s Luxury Market Booms; Gap Between Rich and Poor Widens

China’s luxury market is surging at a double-digit rate and is expected to become the world’s largest luxury goods market within three years. Meanwhile, the Gini index (an income distribution marker) has exceeded the warning line of 0.4 set by the United Nations, signaling that the gap between the rich and the poor continues to…


China’s Luxury Market Booms While Gap Between Rich and Poor Widens

China’s luxury market is surging at a double-digit rate and is expected to become the world’s largest luxury goods market within three years. Meanwhile, the Gini index (an income distribution marker) has exceeded the warning line of 0.4 set by the United Nations, signaling that the gap between the rich and the poor continues to…


China’s Urban-Rural Income Gap Keeps Widening, Challenging Xi’s ‘Common Prosperity’

Recently, authorities and experts in China have acknowledged that income inequality between urban and rural areas is increasing and that it presents a tremendous challenge for achieving “common prosperity.” “Common Prosperity” is a propaganda slogan coined by Communist Party leader Xi Jinping. It promises economic stability to all Chinese citizens and is at the same…


20 Percent Households With $103 Per Capita Monthly Disposable Income: China Statistical Yearbook 2021

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced back in July that it had achieved a complete “moderately prosperous society” and eliminated “absolute poverty” in China. However, recent research shows that the number of individuals from households with less than 500 yuan ($80) per capita monthly disposable income has exceeded 220 million in China, a sharp contrast…


New Study Debunks Xi Jinping’s ‘Miracle’: Extreme Poverty Exists in China

A newly released Swiss-sponsored study reveals that China has not eradicated poverty, a “miracle” that Chinese leader Xi Jinping claims to  have achieved. On Feb. 25, the Chinese regime organized an awards ceremony, in which Xi announced China had eradicated poverty, based on China’s poverty standards. “[China] created another miracle in the annals of history,”…


Fact Check: China Didn’t Actually Lift 100 Million Out of Poverty Since 2014

Commentary China’s dictator, Xi Jinping, loves to brag about how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) lifted 100 million people out of poverty since 2012, when he took office. The CCP in general boasts of lifting 800 million from poverty since 1990. It typically pluses up the numbers, conveniently leaves out the tens of millions who…


Report: Less Than 30 Percent of Chinese Netizens Earn More Than $774 a Month

A recent internet study shows that as of December 2020, less than 30 percent of Chinese internet users earn more than 5,000 yuan (about $774) a month in China. The figure was released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a state-run agency, in its 47th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China dated…


Report: Less Than 30% of Chinese Netizens Earn More Than $774 a Month

A recent internet study shows that as of December 2020, less than 30 percent of Chinese internet users earn more than 5,000 yuan (about $774) a month in China. The figure was released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a state-run agency, in its 47th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China dated…


Chinese Officials Publish Dubious Figures on Poverty Alleviation 

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) media repeatedly reported last month that the goal of alleviating poverty in 2020 has been reached. The CCP’s spokesperson called it a contribution to the world—a small praise that Party leader Xi Jinping needs at this time in order to maintain his authority while facing pressures both at home…