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President Xi Jinping paid a visit to Guizhou province, one of China’s poorest regions. Photo: Xinhua
China's economic recovery

China’s Xi Jinping calls for economic transition on Guizhou visit

On his first inspection tour since the national legislative session, China’s president said the relatively underdeveloped province should build ties with other regions.

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China eatery owner rebuked for telling people making US$680 a month not to dine out

US-China trade war

Opinion | Another US-China trade war? How about a war on income inequality

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Abandoned disabled China girl sells hairpins on street, dreams of grandma trip

Determined youngster with cerebral palsy displays true grit despite hardships, describes herself as ‘lucky’, vows to ‘stay strong’, live happy life.

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A disabled and abandoned girl in China is making ends meet by selling hairpins on the street while dreaming of taking her grandmother on a trip. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
China economy

China’s powerhouse province renews ‘common prosperity’ pledge for 2035

Political mission to narrow China’s wealth divide, thought to have fallen out of favour, makes appearance in Zhejiang’s long-term plans.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | China offers world an optimistic problem-solving framework

China’s collectivist world view isn’t about undermining individuality but about emphasising interdependence. The idea could reshape global governance.

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China teacher panned for quiz ranking family status from ‘indecent’ to ‘good’

Social standing questionnaire for secondary school students posed by intern educator sparks mainland social media storm.

A teacher in China has come under fire for presenting school students with a questionnaire that attempted to rank them by social status. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
Xi's poverty alleviation campaign

Are China’s lauded anti-poverty triumphs at risk of vanishing?

In the country’s vast rural regions, officials armed with poverty relapse dossiers are struggling to track and help the vulnerable avoid destitution.

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China society

Opinion | Why China is taking wealth redistribution seriously

Growing income inequality is a global problem as pressing as climate change. Creative interventions, anathema to the West, deserve a chance.

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China society

Opinion | What China watchers should know about where the country is headed

The reforms outlined in the third plenum sets the groundwork for deepening efforts such as poverty alleviation to sustainable development.

A giant screen shows President Xi Jinping attending the Communist Party’s third plenary session in Beijing on July 18. Photo: Reuters
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China scavenger boy with kidney disease cares for sick uncle, breaks hearts online

A 13-year-old boy in China who has led a life of tragedy has caught the attention of online observers who want to help him, thanks to a chance encounter with a social media influencer.

A 13-year-old boy in China who suffers from kidney disease and has to scavenge to feed himself and look after his sick uncle has broken hearts on mainland social media. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
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China salesman sleeps in car to save money for trips to see girlfriend 500km away

A man in China has shown true dedication to his girlfriend, living out of his car to save money so he can travel 500km every weekend to see her.

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Row over China migrant worker living in tiny Shanghai cabinet for US$7 a month

An online “misinformation” controversy has been sparked after a viral video emerged of a migrant worker in China living in a tiny “cabinet” room in Shanghai, a city with some of the country’s most expensive rental properties.

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Caring nephew gives homeless uncle ‘bossy CEO’ makeover for big family reunion

A man in China who went missing and was homeless for more than two decades has been reunited with his nephew who spent time and money making him presentable for a family gathering.

A kind-hearted nephew in China who found his uncle who had been living rough on the mainland for 25 years and gave him a makeover plus some cash to attend a family reunion has received widespread praise on social media. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Weibo
China economy

Opinion | China must no longer ignore the dangers of glaring wealth disparities

China must urgently deal with the issue of the country’s wealth inequality as letting it fester could put the goal of achieving common prosperity in danger and undermine faith in the government among the impoverished and young people who lack hope for the future.

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China economy

Opinion | China’s ‘first coffee village’ highlights potential for rural revival

In showing that rural life can be attractive and prosperous, Yunnan’s Xinzhai village is changing the narrative that rural life has to be hard, backwards and inconvenient.

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‘Winter warmer’: kind woman, 84, knits 1,500 jumpers for China’s poor, needy kids

An 84-year-old woman in China, who was moved by the plight of children in poverty who cannot afford warm winter clothes, embarked on a jumper knitting marathon that has seen her produce around 1,500 sweaters over a 15-year period.

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Boy hands in bag containing US$22,000 to police despite dire family situation

A boy in China was praised by the police and his school after he returned a bag filled with US$22,000 he found on the street.

Despite his family’s precarious financial situation and his father’s hospitalisation, a 13-year-old boy found and promptly turned in US$22,000 to the police. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo
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Man in China travels far to return US$28 borrowed from police when penniless

A man in China travelled a long distance to return US$28 he had borrowed from the police out of desperation to return home.

China's economic recovery

China’s medical spending grows as population ages but insurance fund risks loom

In difficult economic times, Chinese people have become increasingly reluctant to tap into their savings, but healthcare costs are on the rise as the population gets older and people invest more in their well-being.

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Hong Kong

Opinion | Guizhou offers Hong Kong lessons in building bridges, lifting the poor

Super-connector Hong Kong should also build its bridges to the mainland and the world, between the government and people, and among groups in society – making sure to leave no one behind.

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The Yangbaoshan grand bridge of the Guiyang-Huangping Highway at sunset, under construction on March 17, 2021 in Guizhou province. Guizhou has become known as a “bridge museum” of the world, with more than 28,000 highway bridges and almost half of the world’s tallest 100 bridges. Photo: Xinhua
China jobs

China’s desperate migrant workers jostle for jobs – losing means no food or bed

Faced with dwindling opportunities, from rural hometowns to major cities, some migrant workers sleep in the streets as they roll the dice on where the sluggish economic recovery will create the most jobs.

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Migrant workers are struggling to get a nibble as they fish for labourious work. Photo: Henry Wong
Inside Out & Outside In

Outside In | Despite war, climate fears and economic woes, life is getting better – really

Beyond what the crisis-obsessed media may report, the world is actually making steady progress against poverty, illiteracy, disease and more. More than anything, we should rely on a fact-based world view rather than the fact-free bigotry incubated across much of social media.

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Philanthropy

More rich Chinese look to donate amid Xi’s ‘common prosperity’ call: survey

About two thirds of Chinese with at least 5 million yuan (US$727,268) of investible assets say they want to keep donating to charity in the next 10 years, according to a new survey gauging attitudes towards philanthropy.

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Two Sessions 2023

China’s Covid-weary entrepreneurs hesitate on Xi’s ‘common prosperity’ call

President Xi Jinping has again urged entrepreneurs to give to charity and ‘share the fruits of growth’, but his message could find a muted reaction among private firms still recovering from three years of Covid uncertainty.

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People relax on the street in a migrant village on the outskirts of Beijing. Photo: AFP
China's economic recovery

China to expand rural access to urban welfare benefits in push for growth

More than a dozen government agencies in China have vowed to make it easier for migrants in cities to tap into public services, such as healthcare, in a bid to boost economic activity

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More than a dozen central government agencies have vowed to make it easier for migrants from rural areas to get access to an urban hukou. Photo: Xinhua
China's population

Land, welfare and tax reforms needed to address China’s inequality: Lou Jiwei

Outspoken former finance minister Lou Jiwei says policymakers need to bring a reformist mindset to land, welfare and tax, while easing market concern that the wealthy will be targeted to narrow the wealth gap.

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‘You can cook sitting on the toilet’: tiny Shanghai nano-flat sparks online debate

Images of a tiny, so-called nano-flat, in Shanghai, China have gone viral after a real-estate agent boasted about its “all-inclusive” design and the fact that you can cook while sitting on the toilet.

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