800 mil out of poverty meaning 800 millions low level buying power in return produces at least 80 mil above middle class sustainable consumers purchasing ability and 8 millions every rich on luxury goods... I don't see post a treat to America other than longer term domino effect on America growth.
China and the US are corrupt countries with a lot of social issues:Inequality,Poverty,Political Instability,Health Care issues and Etc. Same is all the countries around the world.
As African, I’ve never heard a Chinese politician mention the west. But the number of western politicians and journalists that threatened our leaders about China and Russia is absolutely ridiculous.
It’s a diversion tactic by western politicians to focus attention away from their own failings by creating a false narrative that China is a military and economic threat.
@@EA-dweller @user-kb9bd5tt8f its utterly rubbish lifting people out of poverty is a threat to US! It's disgusting and selfish as UNICEF and UN,etc... are trying to lift up poverty in many countries! It's actually a blessings in the eyes of God!
In 1966 in my 10th grade world geography class, our government-issued textbook said (almost a direct quote): "Chairman Mao is a ruthless murderer and dictator; China wants to take over the world; the Chinese people are being brainwashed to hate Americans." It never occurred to us to look at what was in back of such a statement! China had just been through invasions by Japan, England and the US, all during a protracted civil war, and was experiencing droughts and the extreme poverty you discussed here. Take over the world? Really! What Mao focused on was dealing with those who would disrupt and attempt to destroy the new government while at the same time reestablishing a working economy. Even some high level projects such as revitalizing Taiwan as a province and securing the South China Sea had to be put on hold. Meanwhile, the US (aka the Military-Industrial Complex, MIC) was upset that the new China with its recovering economy could not be a source of profit for the MIC, and consequently tried attacking the integrity of China from the east (Korea), the south (Viet Nam), and the west (Tibet). It wasn't until I came to China 17 years ago that I discovered the truths. One of my favorite sayings: "Mao built the foundation; Deng built the house. Now Xi is making the house beautiful!"
These pro-China kookoos ignore the real cost of all such temporary progress. They have no clue about ecological damage or remain totally blind to ecology. Hence this pathetic counter--propaganda. Here goes some ecological truth and news. Habitat quality is widely used as a key indicator in the evaluation of regional ecological security and resilience of ecosystems. The continuous specter of urbanization, road construction, waste generation, sewage and air pollution invariably impacts protected areas as well as places deep within the hinterland. As economic activity shoots up, what goes down is overall “habitat quality”. Relentless urban growth has not only wiped out biodiversity of native species, and the distance between protected areas and cities, but is now predicted to shrink dramatically in many parts of the world, including Eastern Asia, more specifically the East and South China Sea. All the megacities along the coast. The Shanghai metropole which nests more than 25 million people, is a massive hub of the Chinese economy. The hyper-accelerated growth of the city during the last forty years is now fraught with ecological damage. “Shanghai, Hangzhou and Changsha are experiencing shifts within landscape patterns and increased landslides caused by urban sprawl and construction in less than 40 years.” (Nature.com 2023). As a megacity, Shanghai has the highest urbanization level in China, steadily equating to a tragic loss of biodiversity and a “fragmentation trend, a continuous decline in the species and native wildlife.” But the economic acceleration that created millions of jobs and much touted prosperity is now flattening out, in inexplicable ways to the ones who are fighting the hardest. Recently a record 2.6 million young Chinese showed up for 39,600 government jobs in South China provinces. New studies find a clear decline in fertility rates, reaching below “replacement levels“ throughout big cities within China. Except volcanic eruptions, several areas of Central and South China have recorded increasing incidents of typhoons, floods, droughts and sandstorms, forest and grassland fires and red tides, while urban areas show “a rise in rodent disease, respiratory ailments and water pollution”. (Earth.Org). China’s “cascade of catastrophe” is felt in the existing water pollution crisis. Apart from Shanghai and Beijing, other major cities studies reveal extremely contaminated water. In Beijing, almost 40% of water is polluted to the extent that it is essentially undrinkable. In Tianjin, northern China’s principal port city and home to 15 million people, a mere 5% of water is usable as a drinking water source. China’s “ecology of fear” comes about clearly, yet without the need of any disaster fiction, as “80% of groundwater from major river basins is “unsuitable for human contact”. This is just one of the dangerous self-feeding mechanisms that has dealt yet another “Eco-punch” to China's long-term economic prospects. It is highly improbable that Chinese industrial socialism and planned growth are ecologically viable models for the rest of the world, facing as many threats and loss of past exuberance.
These pro-China kookoos ignore the real cost of all such temporary progress. They have no clue about ecological damage or remain totally blind to ecology. Hence this pathetic counter--propaganda. Here goes some ecological truth and news. Habitat quality is widely used as a key indicator in the evaluation of regional ecological security and resilience of ecosystems. The continuous specter of urbanization, road construction, waste generation, sewage and air pollution invariably impacts protected areas as well as places deep within the hinterland. As economic activity shoots up, what goes down is overall “habitat quality”. Relentless urban growth has not only wiped out biodiversity of native species, and the distance between protected areas and cities, but is now predicted to shrink dramatically in many parts of the world, including Eastern Asia, more specifically the East and South China Sea. All the megacities along the coast. The Shanghai metropole which nests more than 25 million people, is a massive hub of the Chinese economy. The hyper-accelerated growth of the city during the last forty years is now fraught with ecological damage. “Shanghai, Hangzhou and Changsha are experiencing shifts within landscape patterns and increased landslides caused by urban sprawl and construction in less than 40 years.” (Nature.com 2023). As a megacity, Shanghai has the highest urbanization level in China, steadily equating to a tragic loss of biodiversity and a “fragmentation trend, a continuous decline in the species and native wildlife.” But the economic acceleration that created millions of jobs and much touted prosperity is now flattening out, in inexplicable ways to the ones who are fighting the hardest. Recently a record 2.6 million young Chinese showed up for 39,600 government jobs in South China provinces. New studies find a clear decline in fertility rates, reaching below “replacement levels“ throughout big cities within China. Except volcanic eruptions, several areas of Central and South China have recorded increasing incidents of typhoons, floods, droughts and sandstorms, forest and grassland fires and red tides, while urban areas show “a rise in rodent disease, respiratory ailments and water pollution”. (Earth.Org). China’s “cascade of catastrophe” is felt in the existing water pollution crisis. Apart from Shanghai and Beijing, other major cities studies reveal extremely contaminated water. In Beijing, almost 40% of water is polluted to the extent that it is essentially undrinkable. In Tianjin, northern China’s principal port city and home to 15 million people, a mere 5% of water is usable as a drinking water source. China’s “ecology of fear” comes about clearly, yet without the need of any disaster fiction, as “80% of groundwater from major river basins is “unsuitable for human contact”. This is just one of the dangerous self-feeding mechanisms that has dealt yet another “Eco-punch” to China's long-term economic prospects. It is highly improbable that Chinese industrial socialism and planned growth are ecologically viable models for the rest of the world, facing as many threats and loss of past exuberance.
China and the US are corrupt countries with a lot of social issues:Inequality,Poverty,Political Instability,Health Care issues and Etc. Same is all the countries around the world.
I'm sorry but I'm going to have to say a nasty word... socialism. Brrr, I know. But poverty is the end result of capitalism without enough socialistic/collective-oriented principles to counter it. Wealth pools. You will have one class who owns everything, and another of poor workers. No in-between. You will have feudalism. Or oligarchy, as we call it nowadays.
@@tjthrillajaw Here is an example of 21st century vision of socialism. Workers own the business the work in. They all vote of how the business is to operate. The community is taken into account because worker live close to the business. Management is rotated among the workers for a set period of time. Any executives require a vote by the employees and get a salary no more that 5 time the lowest paid worker. Profit are voted upon for profit sharing and business expansion.
Imagine China managing the world poverty crisis? This would be a great initiative to establish global humanitarian law reform that guarantees that we, the people, will never experience poverty. China has just shown the whole world how. Congratulations.
@@rosemarygaia4360 You need a high number of havenots in order to keep everyone competing to sell their work at the lowest possible price. Unemployment in capitalism is not an error. It is a feature.
It's because the US prefers to allocate/distribute it's wealth differently; most of it will either go toward the military, to Isreal (🤫), to paid puppets (like Zelinskii 🤫), or to military contractors (like 8lack яock). The scraps will then go towards the poor and middle classes.
I grew up in rural Alabama, USA, in a town of 1,500 people. I consequently have love for the rural, but as a performance arts specialist, am also drawn to the cities. My ideal is to live rurally but have easy access to metropolitan areas. China's high speed rail now makes this possible!
I have been intensely studying China for the last 6 months. I appreciate much your program. Your information is presented in a factual way and with well thought out commentary. My big takeaway from this specific program is the concept of common prosperity. With the leadership and the people working together to implement this as policy in China, this will be a tremendous benefit to Chinese society and the people for decades to come. A few things I have learned about China so far are that China will be the financial capital of the world in 15-20 years. China has several substantial competitive advantages over the collective West in world trade. China's philosophy of creating mutually beneficial economic relationships while staying out of other countries internal affairs is a philosophy, that is receiving very favorable responses from other countries. The Chinese leadership is playing the economic long game. Example: from what I understand, China is offering scholarships to foreign students to attend their universities. I read they offer classes in the Chinese, Spanish and English languages at the universities. The 3 most spoken languages in the world. When the foreign students go back to their home country and start their business careers. Who do you think they will have a propensity to business with? The friends they made in China. Now that's the long game. I've said enough Good day
The West is ruled by an Oligarchy. This is why profits are channeled to the top 1% while everyone below gets poorer. It's obvious the Oligarch's in the West will do everything in their power to demonize Socialism because a Marxist revolution is the only successful proof in history where the Oligarchy was defeated. It's not by accident the Oligarchy in the West dumbs their population down (bad education) and makes them unhealthy (processed foods).
Hence sanctioning against all socialist countries and always work against those countries to ensure they never succeed. China was a horse that bolted that fence when U.S. was focusing in Middle East’s wars.
Actually, it works shockingly well when you consider the circumstances it had to endure. The USSR went from war-torn feudal backwater to world power in about 30 years.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 The Soviet Union under Stalin Industrialized in 10 years. You cannot trust or believe any Western scholarly work on Communism because they are ALL sanitized via publishes (gatekeepers) and university institutions (via grants etc..) to paint a very negative view of Marxism. Western Imperialism never went away and history has proven that the Oligarch's running Imperialism can only be removed via Communism. That is freeing the majority of the people from slavery leading to Socialism.
The Govt of China is teaching it's people "how to fish", provide for their daily needs... The US & it;'s allies teach exploitation of others' resources by military and economic threats... The world is educated and informed now... time to co-exist co-operate and form partnerships in progress & development that mutually benefit all parties involved.
Its the most impressive feat ive ever seen in my lifetime. Like they said there has never been a nationwide effort of internal help to lift people out of poverty. Truly an example to the world. Jia you zhongguo
It takes sustained, focused will & effort of dedicated workers with a mission guided by a gov't that truly cares. U$a has long way to go before it can meet that standard.
The total population of China is probably lower than that number. Don't believe any government's propaganda. And yeah, China doesn't have 1.4 billion people. It's a big lie
As long as there is still capitalism, there will be poverty in some form. And capitalism is not the only culprit. But it is the best disguised one. Freedom is such an ambiguous concept, though it should not be. However, humans often need to experience the contrary in order to understand. Unfortunately, it seems like everyone would have to experience imprisonment of some sort to appreciate "freedom from %&#@". %&#@ can be anything, and "Freedom From It" is a total concept in itself and the concept in tangible format is capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces. Your infant is not in a state of freedom at all. It is in a state of constant confinement. Yet it is not realizing confinement the way we would. When feeling some form of discomfort, it may cry. Either the discomfort is remedied, or it will cry itself to sleep or exhaustion. Therefore everyone at some point in their early life had experienced imprisonment, though the experience remains in a vague state within our consciousness.
People cry all day about gulags, but the worst possible interpretation places the gulags as merely a bucket to the ocean that is America's prison system
@@kylegarrett2429 Gulags are non-profit; American prisons are gold mines. In a social system crimes are a burden; in American, the more crimes the happier the capitalist. Either way, it just makes sense.
@@ericktellez7632 Maybe it's a trend. Remember when the British monarchy had an unbearable number of inmates; the solution was to use them to conquer the world. That's how they created Australia and New Zealand. Just to name a few.
These volunteers for difficult and even dangerius projects in remote and rural areas . Many top officials also went through this process in the past decades and many suffered. Xi spent over twenty years serving in the rural areas. This was how he learned from the people about their needs and difficulties.
@@samliew6610 After all this hate and among millions on propaganda against China , I'm afraid for the next leader in China if he or her , have the pattient to ignore, all these westerns bullshits ! I hope he or her he will does have ! Lets HOPE CHINA NEVER BE A ..WESTERN "DEMOCRACY " as we live it now !
These are the stories we should be promoting, how we lift people out of poverty. So we have hope for humanity. I saw a documentary of how the China people with the Government does this. Their system is very advance and logical. Ultimately you need hard work and people who are selfless to help others. Other countries can learn from this.
It takes a cultural tradition of truly caring for your neighbor, whoever that might be. This cannot be legislated or created by a system. It must be a deep seated knowing that we all prosper together.
Congratulations to China for a monumental historic achievement for lifting people from poverty. Unfortunately, I can't say the same about my country. Our greedy government's love affair with corporate America has eliminated any concern for the average or poor American.
Because their Neocon government spent too much of their time and money interfering and waging unprovoked wars on other countries - one after another. Shame on them.
@@warrenbooth2103 '...extreme left wing government '??? Starmer ?? .Maybe you are extr far right and even Starmer ,an close to center from right politician, is to much to afford it ! LABOUR today is a party closer to right wing than center! hahaha EXTREME FAR ....LEFT !!??? HAHAHA . Thats why my answer is not ,UK's lower classes will remain in poverty as Greece and many other EU nations !
As an American, I would have to assert that we can learn a LOT from China, but unfortunately, with a full fledged Sinophobic media, ignorance is bliss. With the way that main stream USA media constantly churns out anti China propaganda, they have created an environment where learning from China is considered to be an ugly taboo, but demonizing China is considered fashionable. That's where we're at.
I've been to China 5 times now (1994, 2002, 2006, 2018 and 2024 April) both for leisure and business, developments were staggering, I saw livelihood improvements which were out of this world and I had the opportunity to migrate to US some 30 years ago (glad that I decided not to even though US was at its "peak" back then). I can practically see in a graph that China was ascending to heaven and US was descending to hell and there's only 1 factor - incompetent leaders. An easy example Snake, if the head is incompetent it'll go to bad places and its body have no choice but to go with it, applies to both good and bad. In China's case it's good and US's case bad, US's increased in crime rates, lootings, stealing, homelessness, lines at food banks, collapsing banks, closing down of businesses......... all that were results of incompetent leaders who neglected the people's welfare but focusing on benefits of those top few elites and oligarchs. Another important crucial factor of China's success was and still is - eradicating Corruption. Credits to President Xi for tackling it hard, heavy punishments and implementing it without compromise causing many Chinese multi millionaires to flee China to avoid punishments and as usual the Wests propagandized it as eliminating political enemies. Many, or probably none presidents would like to take on such an extreme exercise to curb corruption because they (presidents) could be removed from office by the huge rich community or political enemies and there are 9 (if I'm not wrong) political parties in China. Kudos to President Xi, to me it's a miracle taking on such a great move to help the entire country and its people.
@@broadwaysam8405, goes both ways, if you believed that US was not at its best 30 years ago, you might need to question whoever or from whichever you obtained that info from.
I love how this video highlights the positive impact of the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa! It's great to see countries coming together for mutual growth
Capitalism requires a percentage of the population to be in extreme poverty to act as a threat to the working class. The reserve army of labour is baked into the capitalist system and is required to keep profits high and wages low.
Awesome video just amazed at the how positive and productive this entire discussion has been and a chance to learn of china’s poverty alleviation especially hearing directly from the guest Tings Chak, congratulations to you all a step closer to ‘a shared future for all mankind’
This is why Chinese public servants are respected for their commitment to serving the country and its people. Does your do the same? Beside USA " CAN'T BREATHE " show the true Colour like BLM.
These pro-China kookoos ignore the real cost of all such temporary progress. They have no clue about ecological damage or remain totally blind to ecology. Hence this pathetic counter--propaganda. Here goes some ecological truth and news. Habitat quality is widely used as a key indicator in the evaluation of regional ecological security and resilience of ecosystems. The continuous specter of urbanization, road construction, waste generation, sewage and air pollution invariably impacts protected areas as well as places deep within the hinterland. As economic activity shoots up, what goes down is overall “habitat quality”. Relentless urban growth has not only wiped out biodiversity of native species, and the distance between protected areas and cities, but is now predicted to shrink dramatically in many parts of the world, including Eastern Asia, more specifically the East and South China Sea. All the megacities along the coast. The Shanghai metropole which nests more than 25 million people, is a massive hub of the Chinese economy. The hyper-accelerated growth of the city during the last forty years is now fraught with ecological damage. “Shanghai, Hangzhou and Changsha are experiencing shifts within landscape patterns and increased landslides caused by urban sprawl and construction in less than 40 years.” (Nature.com 2023). As a megacity, Shanghai has the highest urbanization level in China, steadily equating to a tragic loss of biodiversity and a “fragmentation trend, a continuous decline in the species and native wildlife.” But the economic acceleration that created millions of jobs and much touted prosperity is now flattening out, in inexplicable ways to the ones who are fighting the hardest. Recently a record 2.6 million young Chinese showed up for 39,600 government jobs in South China provinces. New studies find a clear decline in fertility rates, reaching below “replacement levels“ throughout big cities within China. Except volcanic eruptions, several areas of Central and South China have recorded increasing incidents of typhoons, floods, droughts and sandstorms, forest and grassland fires and red tides, while urban areas show “a rise in rodent disease, respiratory ailments and water pollution”. (Earth.Org). China’s “cascade of catastrophe” is felt in the existing water pollution crisis. Apart from Shanghai and Beijing, other major cities studies reveal extremely contaminated water. In Beijing, almost 40% of water is polluted to the extent that it is essentially undrinkable. In Tianjin, northern China’s principal port city and home to 15 million people, a mere 5% of water is usable as a drinking water source. China’s “ecology of fear” comes about clearly, yet without the need of any disaster fiction, as “80% of groundwater from major river basins is “unsuitable for human contact”. This is just one of the dangerous self-feeding mechanisms that has dealt yet another “Eco-punch” to China's long-term economic prospects. It is highly improbable that Chinese industrial socialism and planned growth are ecologically viable models for the rest of the world, facing as many threats and loss of past exuberance.
@migueldelgadillo944 Of course. Zionism is a settler colony, a euro-supremacist project, using the same arguments as all settler colonies: "Terra nullus", Manifest destiny and dehumanisation of the locals. If you look at any country's leaders position on zionism, it tells you everything you need to know on their position on colonialism.
No, it’s self-preservation. If the western public knew what a government COULD do for its people, their current political establishment would be overthrown.
@@JS-ih7lu I am tired of hearing what a government can and should do for its people. It is what the people should or should not do in the first place. I don't put much trust in the US government, and at the same time cannot trust "businesses" to improve times that is being quickly wasted. The human world is the strangest thing in the universe.
@@JS-ih7lu Perhaps. However, too many unnecessary sacrifices had to be made. Some people are fortunate. And some people are not fortunate. And those sacrifices could be "gruesome". I guess you are one of the fortunate ones.
@@wip1664 I’m fortunate enough not to be American. I’ve traveled the world extensively as many of my countrymen do. Most Americans I meet have ZERO idea how the rest of the world actually live, yet they are told everyday by their media, politicians, schools and institutions that they live in the best country, with the best form of governance and have nothing to learn from non-western countries. You’re only kidding yourselves, which I guess is by design.
She's absolutely right: the future lies in the countryside. Many people move to the city to earn a living, but ultimately, they dream of retiring in the countryside, where they can relax and enjoy the homes they've always envisioned.
*The countryside is the future.* I've been seeing this shift too Tings, I'm glad my observations are consistent with the structural and systemic changes you've described. Excellent report Amanda & KJ! ❤
We have too many people living in tents on the street and in their cars to waste time looking for the demons in other nations' closets. Yet there is a misguided segment of our population that does just that. Congratulations on your success in eliminating severe poverty for so many of your citizens. We need to learn from you instead of stirring up conflict. I hope that in the new multipolar world, we can overcome our ignoble past and aspire to peace and prosperity in the spirit of brotherhood.
Unfortunately your successive governments are never in the mood to attain that, how sad. Mediocre Corporatists who don't seem to give a damn about the welfare of their people! Such a shame...
And in fact all these money in reach pockets never returned in society (because they pay fewer and fewer taxes as wealthier they are ) and societies must close the gap with ...higher taxes !! MADDNES!!
Our homeless are by choice. Learn the difference. Plus, our homeless still live better than their average none poverty citizens. Ours can afford to buy tons of drugs and have great modern expensive tents to enjoy their drugs in. They never starve unless they choose to. And we're also spending billions to help illegals from all around the road including chinese citizens.
The vast majority of US civs live in poverty technically, and anyone who says poverty is a choice like the comment above this one is a sociopathic monster who should be isolated from society
Thank-you!! I learned more about China in this video, than I had in my entire life! You are doing a great service for many people. I'm sure most other Americans don't know any of this, either. Thank-you!
in order to do that Everbody would have to Be on the same WAVELENGTH!! no greedyness No corruption 1!!!in another wordsNOBODY STEALING from the MOst Vulnerable!!!!! ,Women Kids Ect!!!! greetings from Mexico
In a society with private ownership, why should the bourgeoisie help the poor get out of poverty? Only a publicly owned society will have enough resources to solve the problem of poverty.
Only "billionaires " who produce weapons and wars are the billionaires who need poor people .Billionaires who produce "things" (goods) need people with as much as possible wealth to have the money to buy new things !! So simple !
One of the best ways I learned so much about China was moving here! You can see many of the problems and contradictions that exist here but also the commitment that government has to its people that I have not seen in western countries
With BRI initiative, China can help the Global South countries to lift 1 to 2 billions people out of poverty. Especially Africans, Souyh American and South East Asian countries 🌏🌍🌎 Go go go....
My condolences to Ms. Wu. That seems so unfair, we need people such as her to her stop these diseases. I understand having caution, but this is overboard.
We often hear or read only the headline of China lifting millions out of poverty. Details on efforts and sacrifices, including helpers who lost their lives should also be more widely covered. Good to hear that the efforts post extreme poverty continue. Kudos to BreakThroughNews for covering this subject again, the last was 2 years ago according to YT videos log.
Super interesting break down of the process that China went through to tackle poverty. It was a massive undertaking. I am convinced that noone cares about people's living standards the way Chinese government does! What a huge living experiment and research project that was! The result was worth it.
The overall wealth of a nation is lifted as it lifts the wealth of those who are along the margins. The same statement as mentioned before, "What you do to the least among you, you do to me," or "what you do to those living on the margins, you do to the society as a whole ".
Specifically in the West, when they can no longer pillage and plunder less developed nations that now revolt against exploitative practises dating back to the colonial era. Most recently, France losing their exorbitant privilege of purchasing uranium for less than 1/200th of the global market price, from its former colony Niger.
China and the US are corrupt countries with a lot of social issues:Inequality,Poverty,Political Instability,Health Care issues and Etc. Same is all the countries around the world.
China shd focus on helping the Global South Majority get out of poverty with quality but cheap goods & services. Forget about the already wealthy West!
@@ijatpingrhybThe plutocrats and banksters who control most of the wealth, hellbent on maintaining the corrupted status quo of Western economies at the expense of the global South.
The particulars of how poverty was eradicated are fascinating - that CCP officials were assigned to live in remote rural villages, get to know the people and proactively work on each household's individual needs to help lift them out of poverty. Very impressive!
The development of science and technology should benefit all mankind, but in capitalist society, the development of science and technology only allows a very small number of people to obtain more social wealth. It accelerates the concentration of wealth to a few people.
It is a blessing that China knows all the people who are in poverty is due to the rich not helping the poor. That is what God expect from you rich people. However, the rich seems to thank it is something wrong by helping the less fortunate.
About Tunnel Warfare, I am glad you mentioned North Korea! A lesser channel wouldn't have! It was not just a decisive factor in the Korean War proper, but also at preventing the re-initiation of war after the 195(3?) armistice!
President Xi Chinping the people's president sometimes visits the poorest village which took two days to reach by vehicle. He didn't go to these poor mountainous village by helicopter he actually travelled to the village by minibus. The villagers all called him grandpa.
It is possible to define poverty quite simply: poverty is a state of being in which the needs for attaining basic human dignity are not being met. This is admittedly simplistic, but its implication is actually profound, and includes the items mentioned by Tings Chak, including safe secure housing, nutrition, health care, clothing, and education among others, all having priority over the importance of income. Indeed, with this elevating of the basic standards of human dignity, it is now possible for the people through their government to strive for income equality, one of the fundamental precepts of Maoist and Xi Jinping thought.
60 years ago I was born. 4 day prior, LBJ launched his War on Poverty. The US had 191+ million total population. 19% or 36+ million were living in poverty. Today, 60 yrs later, the US has a total population of 335+ million and 11.6% or 38+ million people are living in poverty. 2+ more million people are living in poverty today than 60 yrs ago!🤔 Not to mention over half a trillion ($557+ billion) in charitable contributions were handed out in 2023 alone, and yet, we had a record number of homeless. 😵 The private sector can not create enough jobs and our government refuses to implement a job guarantee. Until we adress those 2 factors, nothing will change.
China's leadership with its mixture of communist, socialist and capitalist thinking seems to be really working amazingly well to continuously improve life for its entire population. I hope they can prevent the individual greed and corruption that comes with capitalist thinking from gaining power and ruining it. Socialist and capitalist thinking are always in conflict with each other.
I am a Chinese living in China. According to my observation, this is what they do. They use capitalism to encourage people to create wealth, and then when people become rich, the government will tax you at different proportions according to your wealth status. The richer the person, the higher the proportion, and then the Communist Party uses these funds to support other people who are still poor, create job opportunities for them, help them sell their products, and achieve sustainable poverty alleviation. Generally speaking, this is not a society that is friendly to the rich. It is egalitarian, but it is not a direct relief. What they do is create opportunities, and everyone must work, so it is also not very friendly to lazy people.
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Yes... lifting 800 million people out of poverty is the real Chinese threat according to the US and EU.
Seriously - it would give Americans ideas! Imagine - a government that actually does something good! It's basically unimaginable in America.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 I know. The politicians in the collective West only serve the true rulers: the oligarchs.
800 mil out of poverty meaning 800 millions low level buying power in return produces at least 80 mil above middle class sustainable consumers purchasing ability and 8 millions every rich on luxury goods... I don't see post a treat to America other than longer term domino effect on America growth.
China and the US are corrupt countries with a lot of social issues:Inequality,Poverty,Political Instability,Health Care issues and Etc. Same is all the countries around the world.
They didn't, they just lowered the poverty line. So you just have impoverished "middle class "
As African, I’ve never heard a Chinese politician mention the west. But the number of western politicians and journalists that threatened our leaders about China and Russia is absolutely ridiculous.
Well, it's actually shameful!! The Chinese are so honourable in comparison...
It’s a diversion tactic by western politicians to focus attention away from their own failings by creating a false narrative that China is a military and economic threat.
@@EA-dweller @user-kb9bd5tt8f its utterly rubbish lifting people out of poverty is a threat to US! It's disgusting and selfish as UNICEF and UN,etc... are trying to lift up poverty in many countries! It's actually a blessings in the eyes of God!
The Chinese Politicians are Busy working to improve China. IN the West - politicians are Busy robbing their Citizens of a Better Life.
As an american I have an utter disdain for the west politicians media and leaders.
In 1966 in my 10th grade world geography class, our government-issued textbook said (almost a direct quote): "Chairman Mao is a ruthless murderer and dictator; China wants to take over the world; the Chinese people are being brainwashed to hate Americans."
It never occurred to us to look at what was in back of such a statement! China had just been through invasions by Japan, England and the US, all during a protracted civil war, and was experiencing droughts and the extreme poverty you discussed here. Take over the world? Really! What Mao focused on was dealing with those who would disrupt and attempt to destroy the new government while at the same time reestablishing a working economy. Even some high level projects such as revitalizing Taiwan as a province and securing the South China Sea had to be put on hold.
Meanwhile, the US (aka the Military-Industrial Complex, MIC) was upset that the new China with its recovering economy could not be a source of profit for the MIC, and consequently tried attacking the integrity of China from the east (Korea), the south (Viet Nam), and the west (Tibet).
It wasn't until I came to China 17 years ago that I discovered the truths.
One of my favorite sayings: "Mao built the foundation; Deng built the house. Now Xi is making the house beautiful!"
These pro-China kookoos ignore the real cost of all such temporary progress. They have no clue about ecological damage or remain totally blind to ecology. Hence this pathetic counter--propaganda. Here goes some ecological truth and news. Habitat quality is widely used as a key indicator in the evaluation of regional ecological security and resilience of ecosystems. The continuous specter of urbanization, road construction, waste generation, sewage and air pollution invariably impacts protected areas as well as places deep within the hinterland. As economic activity shoots up, what goes down is overall “habitat quality”. Relentless urban growth has not only wiped out biodiversity of native species, and the distance between protected areas and cities, but is now predicted to shrink dramatically in many parts of the world, including Eastern Asia, more specifically the East and South China Sea. All the megacities along the coast. The Shanghai metropole which nests more than 25 million people, is a massive hub of the Chinese economy. The hyper-accelerated growth of the city during the last forty years is now fraught with ecological damage. “Shanghai, Hangzhou and Changsha are experiencing shifts within landscape patterns and increased landslides caused by urban sprawl and construction in less than 40 years.” (Nature.com 2023). As a megacity, Shanghai has the highest urbanization level in China, steadily equating to a tragic loss of biodiversity and a “fragmentation trend, a continuous decline in the species and native wildlife.”
But the economic acceleration that created millions of jobs and much touted prosperity is now flattening out, in inexplicable ways to the ones who are fighting the hardest. Recently a record 2.6 million young Chinese showed up for 39,600 government jobs in South China provinces. New studies find a clear decline in fertility rates, reaching below “replacement levels“ throughout big cities within China. Except volcanic eruptions, several areas of Central and South China have recorded increasing incidents of typhoons, floods, droughts and sandstorms, forest and grassland fires and red tides, while urban areas show “a rise in rodent disease, respiratory ailments and water pollution”. (Earth.Org).
China’s “cascade of catastrophe” is felt in the existing water pollution crisis. Apart from Shanghai and Beijing, other major cities studies reveal extremely contaminated water. In Beijing, almost 40% of water is polluted to the extent that it is essentially undrinkable. In Tianjin, northern China’s principal port city and home to 15 million people, a mere 5% of water is usable as a drinking water source. China’s “ecology of fear” comes about clearly, yet without the need of any disaster fiction, as “80% of groundwater from major river basins is “unsuitable for human contact”. This is just one of the dangerous self-feeding mechanisms that has dealt yet another “Eco-punch” to China's long-term economic prospects. It is highly improbable that Chinese industrial socialism and planned growth are ecologically viable models for the rest of the world, facing as many threats and loss of past exuberance.
Very good quote: Mao built the foundation, Deng built the house, and Xi beautified it.
How many coutries has the Elite Rulingusa class Invaded ?????for noreason Mexico irak Nicaragua el salvador Siria and Hundreds of others!!
"Mao built the foundation; Deng built the house. Now Xi is making the house beautiful!"
挺新颖又真实的的说法
"Mao built the foundation; Deng built the house. Now Xi is making the house beautiful!"
funny but true
I have lived in China since 1998. I have seen the enormous changes with my own eyes, particularly the rural areas.
Your insight is valuable.
Fully agree, you are right, in my 13 years I've seen positive change for the people.
These pro-China kookoos ignore the real cost of all such temporary progress. They have no clue about ecological damage or remain totally blind to ecology. Hence this pathetic counter--propaganda. Here goes some ecological truth and news. Habitat quality is widely used as a key indicator in the evaluation of regional ecological security and resilience of ecosystems. The continuous specter of urbanization, road construction, waste generation, sewage and air pollution invariably impacts protected areas as well as places deep within the hinterland. As economic activity shoots up, what goes down is overall “habitat quality”. Relentless urban growth has not only wiped out biodiversity of native species, and the distance between protected areas and cities, but is now predicted to shrink dramatically in many parts of the world, including Eastern Asia, more specifically the East and South China Sea. All the megacities along the coast. The Shanghai metropole which nests more than 25 million people, is a massive hub of the Chinese economy. The hyper-accelerated growth of the city during the last forty years is now fraught with ecological damage. “Shanghai, Hangzhou and Changsha are experiencing shifts within landscape patterns and increased landslides caused by urban sprawl and construction in less than 40 years.” (Nature.com 2023). As a megacity, Shanghai has the highest urbanization level in China, steadily equating to a tragic loss of biodiversity and a “fragmentation trend, a continuous decline in the species and native wildlife.”
But the economic acceleration that created millions of jobs and much touted prosperity is now flattening out, in inexplicable ways to the ones who are fighting the hardest. Recently a record 2.6 million young Chinese showed up for 39,600 government jobs in South China provinces. New studies find a clear decline in fertility rates, reaching below “replacement levels“ throughout big cities within China. Except volcanic eruptions, several areas of Central and South China have recorded increasing incidents of typhoons, floods, droughts and sandstorms, forest and grassland fires and red tides, while urban areas show “a rise in rodent disease, respiratory ailments and water pollution”. (Earth.Org).
China’s “cascade of catastrophe” is felt in the existing water pollution crisis. Apart from Shanghai and Beijing, other major cities studies reveal extremely contaminated water. In Beijing, almost 40% of water is polluted to the extent that it is essentially undrinkable. In Tianjin, northern China’s principal port city and home to 15 million people, a mere 5% of water is usable as a drinking water source. China’s “ecology of fear” comes about clearly, yet without the need of any disaster fiction, as “80% of groundwater from major river basins is “unsuitable for human contact”. This is just one of the dangerous self-feeding mechanisms that has dealt yet another “Eco-punch” to China's long-term economic prospects. It is highly improbable that Chinese industrial socialism and planned growth are ecologically viable models for the rest of the world, facing as many threats and loss of past exuberance.
China and the US are corrupt countries with a lot of social issues:Inequality,Poverty,Political Instability,Health Care issues and Etc. Same is all the countries around the world.
what you cannot see is equally horrible
Canada is also in trouble with poverty. Homeless people are springing up everywhere. Sadly.
I'm sorry but I'm going to have to say a nasty word... socialism.
Brrr, I know. But poverty is the end result of capitalism without enough socialistic/collective-oriented principles to counter it.
Wealth pools. You will have one class who owns everything, and another of poor workers. No in-between.
You will have feudalism. Or oligarchy, as we call it nowadays.
@@tjthrillajaw It is funny how the world seems to revert back to feudalism at every turn. Socialism seems to be the only way out.
The feudalism of today may be worse than the past. AI is the main thing that destroys almost all jobs, increasing poverty growth!
@@comingvikingif you want to stop the cycle look into anarchism
@@tjthrillajaw Here is an example of 21st century vision of socialism. Workers own the business the work in. They all vote of how the business is to operate. The community is taken into account because worker live close to the business. Management is rotated among the workers for a set period of time. Any executives require a vote by the employees and get a salary no more that 5 time the lowest paid worker. Profit are voted upon for profit sharing and business expansion.
They did it within 1 generation .. the west sent its diplomats to tell china to stop their successful economic protocol 😅
😅
Ain't gonna work,sadly!
Overcapacity on middle class ?
Yes, this is the best news ! Congratulations to the Chinese People and Chinese Leadership !
😅😅
Imagine China managing the world poverty crisis?
This would be a great initiative to establish global humanitarian law reform that guarantees that we, the people, will never experience poverty. China has just shown the whole world how. Congratulations.
🇺🇲 politicians are gonna try to save themselves but WELL❤️🇨🇳🇺🇲🦾😇
🇺🇸+🇺🇸=🐁
They ( west ) , furious this was accomplished without western economic ideology - capitalism
@@sonyjoseph5426 Capitalism widen the gap between the rich and the poor, and increases more poor people
@@sonyjoseph5426 they (west politicians are criminals who steal from their own people and sovereignty. Thieves.
I can listen to Tings Chak all day long.
America, if we are so great, why is our poverty and incarceration so high? 🤔
to make people poor......otherwise they might ask for human rights and not just be interested in surviving
@@rosemarygaia4360 You need a high number of havenots in order to keep everyone competing to sell their work at the lowest possible price. Unemployment in capitalism is not an error. It is a feature.
It's because the US prefers to allocate/distribute it's wealth differently; most of it will either go toward the military, to Isreal (🤫), to paid puppets (like Zelinskii 🤫), or to military contractors (like 8lack яock). The scraps will then go towards the poor and middle classes.
America just talks b/s but are inept in knowledge
The question is ignored, that is how US normally answers.
I grew up in rural Alabama, USA, in a town of 1,500 people. I consequently have love for the rural, but as a performance arts specialist, am also drawn to the cities. My ideal is to live rurally but have easy access to metropolitan areas. China's high speed rail now makes this possible!
I have been intensely studying China for the last 6 months. I appreciate much your program. Your information is presented in a factual way and with well thought out commentary. My big takeaway from this specific program is the concept of common prosperity. With the leadership and the people working together to implement this as policy in China, this will be a tremendous benefit to Chinese society and the people for decades to come.
A few things I have learned about China so far are that China will be the financial capital of the world in 15-20 years. China has several substantial competitive advantages over the collective West in world trade. China's philosophy of creating mutually beneficial economic relationships while staying out of other countries internal affairs is a philosophy, that is receiving very favorable responses from other countries. The Chinese leadership is playing the economic long game. Example: from what I understand, China is offering scholarships to foreign students to attend their universities. I read they offer classes in the Chinese, Spanish and English languages at the universities. The 3 most spoken languages in the world. When the foreign students go back to their home country and start their business careers. Who do you think they will have a propensity to business with? The friends they made in China. Now that's the long game.
I've said enough
Good day
Socialism can not be seen to work anywhere, because that would give workers in the West funny ideas.
The West is ruled by an Oligarchy. This is why profits are channeled to the top 1% while everyone below gets poorer. It's obvious the Oligarch's in the West will do everything in their power to demonize Socialism because a Marxist revolution is the only successful proof in history where the Oligarchy was defeated. It's not by accident the Oligarchy in the West dumbs their population down (bad education) and makes them unhealthy (processed foods).
And the oligarchs will not be able to accumulate their billions.
Hence sanctioning against all socialist countries and always work against those countries to ensure they never succeed. China was a horse that bolted that fence when U.S. was focusing in Middle East’s wars.
Actually, it works shockingly well when you consider the circumstances it had to endure. The USSR went from war-torn feudal backwater to world power in about 30 years.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 The Soviet Union under Stalin Industrialized in 10 years. You cannot trust or believe any Western scholarly work on Communism because they are ALL sanitized via publishes (gatekeepers) and university institutions (via grants etc..) to paint a very negative view of Marxism. Western Imperialism never went away and history has proven that the Oligarch's running Imperialism can only be removed via Communism. That is freeing the majority of the people from slavery leading to Socialism.
China's commitment to helping Africa develop is a game changer! It's incredible to witness how infrastructure projects are transforming communities.
The Govt of China is teaching it's people "how to fish", provide for their daily needs... The US & it;'s allies teach exploitation of others' resources by military and economic threats... The world is educated and informed now... time to co-exist co-operate and form partnerships in progress & development that mutually benefit all parties involved.
@@MrNiaman Dozens of roads railways power plants, and industrial parks in Africa are better than those in the USA, Canada and Europe.
@@hengng4414 I can believe that.
China has a very big population. And in that big population there can be found ample dedicated or consistently well functional people.
THIS is journalism. Such a great guest and interview
Its the most impressive feat ive ever seen in my lifetime. Like they said there has never been a nationwide effort of internal help to lift people out of poverty. Truly an example to the world. Jia you zhongguo
😂😂fxxk all counter propaganda is what this amounts to ... Read the detailed comment written above
I agree. Which country really cares about their people? China, of course.
Lifting 850 Millionen out of poverty is for the US a good example of how to approach US poverty.
there no one to steal from, as The Global Majority is rising with help from Great China Great Russia
US government doesn't care about its war veterans do you think they'll care about a nobody?
They are TOO PROUD to learn .
It takes sustained, focused will & effort of dedicated workers with a mission guided by a gov't that truly cares. U$a has long way to go before it can meet that standard.
The total population of China is probably lower than that number. Don't believe any government's propaganda. And yeah, China doesn't have 1.4 billion people. It's a big lie
Freedom from poverty is fundamental.
Thats why westerns governments and establishment hate China ! 'fundamental for democracy ' and and for education !
Work makes you free?
@@warrenbooth2103 If it did, the American working class would be the freest in history.
As long as there is still capitalism, there will be poverty in some form. And capitalism is not the only culprit. But it is the best disguised one.
Freedom is such an ambiguous concept, though it should not be. However, humans often need to experience the contrary in order to understand. Unfortunately, it seems like everyone would have to experience imprisonment of some sort to appreciate "freedom from %&#@". %&#@ can be anything, and "Freedom From It" is a total concept in itself and the concept in tangible format is capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces.
Your infant is not in a state of freedom at all. It is in a state of constant confinement. Yet it is not realizing confinement the way we would. When feeling some form of discomfort, it may cry. Either the discomfort is remedied, or it will cry itself to sleep or exhaustion. Therefore everyone at some point in their early life had experienced imprisonment, though the experience remains in a vague state within our consciousness.
America puts triple that number in prisons.
El Salvador right behind catching up
America is a Failed Experiment .......... maybe next time.
People cry all day about gulags, but the worst possible interpretation places the gulags as merely a bucket to the ocean that is America's prison system
@@kylegarrett2429
Gulags are non-profit; American prisons are gold mines.
In a social system crimes are a burden; in American, the more crimes the happier the capitalist. Either way, it just makes sense.
@@ericktellez7632
Maybe it's a trend. Remember when the British monarchy had an unbearable number of inmates; the solution was to use them to conquer the world. That's how they created Australia and New Zealand. Just to name a few.
Proud of CHINA! Well done.
These volunteers for difficult and even dangerius projects in remote and rural areas . Many top officials also went through this process in the past decades and many suffered.
Xi spent over twenty years serving in the rural areas. This was how he learned from the people about their needs and difficulties.
Yes, & he completed his assignments every step of the way. This is meritocracy. He fully earned the honor of being head-of-state.
President Xi is a true Leader in every sense. China is so lucky to have such far-sighted, humble and good leader🎉🎉🎉
@@samliew6610 After all this hate and among millions on propaganda against China , I'm afraid for the next leader in China if he or her , have the pattient to ignore, all these westerns bullshits ! I hope he or her he will does have ! Lets HOPE CHINA NEVER BE A ..WESTERN "DEMOCRACY " as we live it now !
Workers of the world unite 🌎
These are the stories we should be promoting, how we lift people out of poverty. So we have hope for humanity. I saw a documentary of how the China people with the Government does this. Their system is very advance and logical. Ultimately you need hard work and people who are selfless to help others. Other countries can learn from this.
It takes a cultural tradition of truly caring for your neighbor, whoever that might be. This cannot be legislated or created by a system. It must be a deep seated knowing that we all prosper together.
Seeing African leaders engage with China for sustainable development gives me hope for a brighter future. Together, they can achieve so much!
Congratulations to China for a monumental historic achievement for lifting people from poverty. Unfortunately, I can't say the same about my country. Our greedy government's love affair with corporate America has eliminated any concern for the average or poor American.
Awesome show 👏
Please make lots more😊
In the same time Americans and Europeans fall into poverty
Because their Neocon government spent too much of their time and money interfering and waging unprovoked wars on other countries - one after another. Shame on them.
With dizzying rhythms !!
@@georgeantonopoulos545in uk we have extreme left wing government so will we be pulled out of poverty not holding my breath.
@@warrenbooth2103 '...extreme left wing government '??? Starmer ?? .Maybe you are extr far right and even Starmer ,an close to center from right politician, is to much to afford it ! LABOUR today is a party closer to right wing than center! hahaha EXTREME FAR ....LEFT !!??? HAHAHA . Thats why my answer is not ,UK's lower classes will remain in poverty as Greece and many other EU nations !
Huge credit to China for this extraordinary achievement. 🇨🇳✨️
Great news, Well done, China! Thank you for inspiring us.
Good report.
Lets face it, China puts the U.S. to shame on everything!Maybe we should take a lesson in humanity & cooperation from them!
As an American, I would have to assert that we can learn a LOT from China, but unfortunately, with a full fledged Sinophobic media, ignorance is bliss. With the way that main stream USA media constantly churns out anti China propaganda, they have created an environment where learning from China is considered to be an ugly taboo, but demonizing China is considered fashionable. That's where we're at.
I've been to China 5 times now (1994, 2002, 2006, 2018 and 2024 April) both for leisure and business, developments were staggering, I saw livelihood improvements which were out of this world and I had the opportunity to migrate to US some 30 years ago (glad that I decided not to even though US was at its "peak" back then). I can practically see in a graph that China was ascending to heaven and US was descending to hell and there's only 1 factor - incompetent leaders. An easy example Snake, if the head is incompetent it'll go to bad places and its body have no choice but to go with it, applies to both good and bad. In China's case it's good and US's case bad, US's increased in crime rates, lootings, stealing, homelessness, lines at food banks, collapsing banks, closing down of businesses......... all that were results of incompetent leaders who neglected the people's welfare but focusing on benefits of those top few elites and oligarchs. Another important crucial factor of China's success was and still is - eradicating Corruption. Credits to President Xi for tackling it hard, heavy punishments and implementing it without compromise causing many Chinese multi millionaires to flee China to avoid punishments and as usual the Wests propagandized it as eliminating political enemies. Many, or probably none presidents would like to take on such an extreme exercise to curb corruption because they (presidents) could be removed from office by the huge rich community or political enemies and there are 9 (if I'm not wrong) political parties in China. Kudos to President Xi, to me it's a miracle taking on such a great move to help the entire country and its people.
If you believe the USA was at its peak 30 years ago you need to read authentic history or question whoever it was that taught you that.
@@broadwaysam8405, goes both ways, if you believe US was not at its best 30 years ago, question whoever or whatever you obtained that info from.
@@broadwaysam8405, goes both ways, if you believed that US was not at its best 30 years ago, you might need to question whoever or from whichever you obtained that info from.
I love how this video highlights the positive impact of the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa! It's great to see countries coming together for mutual growth
Developing country or not ; how fuckin awesome is that , lifting 850 MILLION fellow countrymen OUT of poverty💖 so dope👏REAL Leaders
China is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Hardly a “developing” country.
@@G_truPrGrSv YES!!! The "GREAT LEAP FORWARD" was indeed truly amazing & awesome to enable a great place to move forward from
China is not a developing country..its the most developed country in the world by far. They are living 50 years ahead of the rest of the world.
meanwhile U$ is trying to enslave its population through debts and freedom!
Capitalism requires a percentage of the population to be in extreme poverty to act as a threat to the working class. The reserve army of labour is baked into the capitalist system and is required to keep profits high and wages low.
So true
Very informative. Thank you both ❤❤❤
Love your show and the truth, thank you......NZ
Awesome video just amazed at the how positive and productive this entire discussion has been and a chance to learn of china’s poverty alleviation especially hearing directly from the guest Tings Chak, congratulations to you all
a step closer to ‘a shared future for all mankind’
This is why Chinese public servants are respected for their commitment to serving the country and its people. Does your do the same? Beside USA " CAN'T BREATHE " show the true Colour like BLM.
These pro-China kookoos ignore the real cost of all such temporary progress. They have no clue about ecological damage or remain totally blind to ecology. Hence this pathetic counter--propaganda. Here goes some ecological truth and news. Habitat quality is widely used as a key indicator in the evaluation of regional ecological security and resilience of ecosystems. The continuous specter of urbanization, road construction, waste generation, sewage and air pollution invariably impacts protected areas as well as places deep within the hinterland. As economic activity shoots up, what goes down is overall “habitat quality”. Relentless urban growth has not only wiped out biodiversity of native species, and the distance between protected areas and cities, but is now predicted to shrink dramatically in many parts of the world, including Eastern Asia, more specifically the East and South China Sea. All the megacities along the coast. The Shanghai metropole which nests more than 25 million people, is a massive hub of the Chinese economy. The hyper-accelerated growth of the city during the last forty years is now fraught with ecological damage. “Shanghai, Hangzhou and Changsha are experiencing shifts within landscape patterns and increased landslides caused by urban sprawl and construction in less than 40 years.” (Nature.com 2023). As a megacity, Shanghai has the highest urbanization level in China, steadily equating to a tragic loss of biodiversity and a “fragmentation trend, a continuous decline in the species and native wildlife.”
But the economic acceleration that created millions of jobs and much touted prosperity is now flattening out, in inexplicable ways to the ones who are fighting the hardest. Recently a record 2.6 million young Chinese showed up for 39,600 government jobs in South China provinces. New studies find a clear decline in fertility rates, reaching below “replacement levels“ throughout big cities within China. Except volcanic eruptions, several areas of Central and South China have recorded increasing incidents of typhoons, floods, droughts and sandstorms, forest and grassland fires and red tides, while urban areas show “a rise in rodent disease, respiratory ailments and water pollution”. (Earth.Org).
China’s “cascade of catastrophe” is felt in the existing water pollution crisis. Apart from Shanghai and Beijing, other major cities studies reveal extremely contaminated water. In Beijing, almost 40% of water is polluted to the extent that it is essentially undrinkable. In Tianjin, northern China’s principal port city and home to 15 million people, a mere 5% of water is usable as a drinking water source. China’s “ecology of fear” comes about clearly, yet without the need of any disaster fiction, as “80% of groundwater from major river basins is “unsuitable for human contact”. This is just one of the dangerous self-feeding mechanisms that has dealt yet another “Eco-punch” to China's long-term economic prospects. It is highly improbable that Chinese industrial socialism and planned growth are ecologically viable models for the rest of the world, facing as many threats and loss of past exuberance.
Wtf. Make sense
Or the #landback movement. Never ever forget in the balance that this is a settler euro-supremacist colony.
@@nastatchia That explains the Western Governments defending Nazrael.
@migueldelgadillo944 Of course. Zionism is a settler colony, a euro-supremacist project, using the same arguments as all settler colonies: "Terra nullus", Manifest destiny and dehumanisation of the locals.
If you look at any country's leaders position on zionism, it tells you everything you need to know on their position on colonialism.
JEALOUSY is the root cause of all the anti China hatred.
No, it’s self-preservation. If the western public knew what a government COULD do for its people, their current political establishment would be overthrown.
@@JS-ih7lu
I am tired of hearing what a government can and should do for its people. It is what the people should or should not do in the first place. I don't put much trust in the US government, and at the same time cannot trust "businesses" to improve times that is being quickly wasted. The human world is the strangest thing in the universe.
@@wip1664 That’s because you’ve never lived in a society with a functioning government. Travel and open your eyes.
@@JS-ih7lu
Perhaps.
However, too many unnecessary sacrifices had to be made. Some people are fortunate. And some people are not fortunate. And those sacrifices could be "gruesome".
I guess you are one of the fortunate ones.
@@wip1664 I’m fortunate enough not to be American. I’ve traveled the world extensively as many of my countrymen do. Most Americans I meet have ZERO idea how the rest of the world actually live, yet they are told everyday by their media, politicians, schools and institutions that they live in the best country, with the best form of governance and have nothing to learn from non-western countries. You’re only kidding yourselves, which I guess is by design.
Great convo. Love to hear the voice "from the ground".
She's absolutely right: the future lies in the countryside. Many people move to the city to earn a living, but ultimately, they dream of retiring in the countryside, where they can relax and enjoy the homes they've always envisioned.
*The countryside is the future.*
I've been seeing this shift too Tings, I'm glad my observations are consistent with the structural and systemic changes you've described. Excellent report Amanda & KJ! ❤
Very good show. And great hosts. I m learning a lot. Thanks.
We have too many people living in tents on the street and in their cars to waste time looking for the demons in other nations' closets. Yet there is a misguided segment of our population that does just that. Congratulations on your success in eliminating severe poverty for so many of your citizens. We need to learn from you instead of stirring up conflict. I hope that in the new multipolar world, we can overcome our ignoble past and aspire to peace and prosperity in the spirit of brotherhood.
I want a peaceful world. Please share this video to your fellow Americans.
Unfortunately your successive governments are never in the mood to attain that, how sad. Mediocre Corporatists who don't seem to give a damn about the welfare of their people! Such a shame...
Imagine rich people giving back to the community, what a concept the selfish will never understand!
And in fact all these money in reach pockets never returned in society (because they pay fewer and fewer taxes as wealthier they are ) and societies must close the gap with ...higher taxes !! MADDNES!!
Rich people setup charities for the poor, but would not change the system that makes those charities necessary in the first place 😂
How dare they? Say US. When out of 350 million Americans , some are still in poverty.
Many are homeless
Our homeless are by choice. Learn the difference. Plus, our homeless still live better than their average none poverty citizens. Ours can afford to buy tons of drugs and have great modern expensive tents to enjoy their drugs in. They never starve unless they choose to. And we're also spending billions to help illegals from all around the road including chinese citizens.
The vast majority of US civs live in poverty technically, and anyone who says poverty is a choice like the comment above this one is a sociopathic monster who should be isolated from society
@@Ricer-b4n💩🤡🤣🤣🤣
@@Ricer-b4n In the first place why are they taking drugs. Well done USA!
Thank-you!! I learned more about China in this video, than I had in my entire life! You are doing a great service for many people. I'm sure most other Americans don't know any of this, either. Thank-you!
Your education system did not teach you about other countries. I can beat majority of Americans in world history and geography.
in order to do that Everbody would have to Be on the same WAVELENGTH!! no greedyness No corruption 1!!!in another wordsNOBODY STEALING from the MOst Vulnerable!!!!! ,Women Kids Ect!!!! greetings from Mexico
In a society with private ownership, why should the bourgeoisie help the poor get out of poverty? Only a publicly owned society will have enough resources to solve the problem of poverty.
How will the billionaires get paid if there aren't any more poor people to exploit?
Couldn't have said it any better
Those too rich in China are getting punished by the gov through a series of direct and indirect regulations
Capitalism is a system made for oligarchs to control the working class. And homelessness is merely a side effect of capitalism.
Only "billionaires " who produce weapons and wars are the billionaires who need poor people .Billionaires who produce "things" (goods) need people with as much as possible wealth to have the money to buy new things !! So simple !
Exactly! Modern day feudalism cosplaying as a democracy and free market capitalism.
Thank you all three! This is fast becoming a favorite subset of BT news for me!!:) Long live China and its prosperity!:)🇨🇳
One of the best ways I learned so much about China was moving here! You can see many of the problems and contradictions that exist here but also the commitment that government has to its people that I have not seen in western countries
With BRI initiative, China can help the Global South countries to lift 1 to 2 billions people out of poverty. Especially Africans, Souyh American and South East Asian countries 🌏🌍🌎 Go go go....
Wonderful reporting and a fantastic guest, thank you!
My condolences to Ms. Wu. That seems so unfair, we need people such as her to her stop these diseases. I understand having caution, but this is overboard.
What "caution"? It's just racism
There's no money to be made from curing diseases. The big corporations do not want to cure diseases, so sad.
While in UK many are on food handouts
Same as Americans, they live on food stamps and many are also homeless that lives on handouts from charities that give out free foods or shelters.
We often hear or read only the headline of China lifting millions out of poverty. Details on efforts and sacrifices, including helpers who lost their lives should also be more widely covered. Good to hear that the efforts post extreme poverty continue. Kudos to BreakThroughNews for covering this subject again, the last was 2 years ago according to YT videos log.
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Jake Sullivan should have asked for advice on how to lift Americans out of poverty.
He only blows up allies pipelines.
Welcome back Tings!
Pure jealousy of course.
Super interesting break down of the process that China went through to tackle poverty. It was a massive undertaking. I am convinced that noone cares about people's living standards the way Chinese government does! What a huge living experiment and research project that was! The result was worth it.
The overall wealth of a nation is lifted as it lifts the wealth of those who are along the margins. The same statement as mentioned before, "What you do to the least among you, you do to me," or "what you do to those living on the margins, you do to the society as a whole ".
Excellent reportimg! Thank you! 😊❤❤
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What causes poverty is greed.
In this case, the invasion from Japan/colonization by the western countries/Mao culture revolution from 1800 to 1980
no, it's capitalism
@@cappeca same thing
Specifically in the West, when they can no longer pillage and plunder less developed nations that now revolt against exploitative practises dating back to the colonial era. Most recently, France losing their exorbitant privilege of purchasing uranium for less than 1/200th of the global market price, from its former colony Niger.
China and the US are corrupt countries with a lot of social issues:Inequality,Poverty,Political Instability,Health Care issues and Etc. Same is all the countries around the world.
China shd focus on helping the Global South Majority get out of poverty with quality but cheap goods & services. Forget about the already wealthy West!
What wealth west . A very large of the West population is living pay cheque to pay cheque. And quite a few below the poverty line.
@@ijatpingrhybexactly, only the 1% in the West are filthy rich, the rest are struggling. It's all an illusion
The west won’t allow. They still need global south to supply cheap labor, cheap resources.
@@ijatpingrhybThe plutocrats and banksters who control most of the wealth, hellbent on maintaining the corrupted status quo of Western economies at the expense of the global South.
Great show!
The particulars of how poverty was eradicated are fascinating - that CCP officials were assigned to live in remote rural villages, get to know the people and proactively work on each household's individual needs to help lift them out of poverty. Very impressive!
Government initiated production projects and processing methods were implemented to imorove rural incomes.
This is very impressive. Cheers to the Chinese people!
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China is the best country in the world. Thanks for giving us hope.
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The development of science and technology should benefit all mankind, but in capitalist society, the development of science and technology only allows a very small number of people to obtain more social wealth. It accelerates the concentration of wealth to a few people.
what a fascinating conversation!!! i have been wondering how this worked. thanks for the insight 🎉
What China has achieved over the past 75 years is nothing short of amazing and a huge feat in the history of our species.
Long Live The BRICS Project. Jill Stein / Butch Ware 2024
Stein/Ware is the best vote in 2024 ❤
what china has done for its people is short of a miracle
It is a blessing that China knows all the people who are in poverty is due to the rich not helping the poor. That is what God expect from you rich people. However, the rich seems to thank it is something wrong by helping the less fortunate.
About Tunnel Warfare, I am glad you mentioned North Korea! A lesser channel wouldn't have!
It was not just a decisive factor in the Korean War proper, but also at preventing the re-initiation of war after the 195(3?) armistice!
"Socialism isn't poverty, poverty isn't Socialism"
This is a rare quotation in North America 🤦♂️🤦🏿🙄❤️🍉
congrats china.. LEADING THE WORLD FOR PEACE AND ECONOMIC PROPERITY FOR ALL RACES..
Gordon Chang is if sociopath was a person.
Love this segment ❤ Great discussions.
very good channel. Thank you.
AWESOME SHOW 💯
Why they are all silent on this matter? Because they are totally incompetent in doing anything good for their people, that’s why!
KJ is the best ❤
President Xi Chinping the people's president sometimes visits the poorest village which took two days to reach by vehicle. He didn't go to these poor mountainous village by helicopter he actually travelled to the village by minibus. The villagers all called him grandpa.
Taking care of their own. Just a great job - China is amazing......
I do appreciate the great passion of Chinese Government to lift poverty. Really hard work and commitment. No country can make that at the same period.
It is possible to define poverty quite simply: poverty is a state of being in which the needs for attaining basic human dignity are not being met.
This is admittedly simplistic, but its implication is actually profound, and includes the items mentioned by Tings Chak, including safe secure housing, nutrition, health care, clothing, and education among others, all having priority over the importance of income. Indeed, with this elevating of the basic standards of human dignity, it is now possible for the people through their government to strive for income equality, one of the fundamental precepts of Maoist and Xi Jinping thought.
It's said that "what you do to the least among you, you do onto me," so it is a measure of a Man and a Nation.
China should elect a national monument to honour those selfless volunteers, they are the heroes!
thanks for speaking the truth
Director Tings Chak should be the host. She has lots of charm! No disrespect to both of you. Yes, agree. Our media teaches us to hate the Chinese.
She is a guest on this show. She has her own RUclips presence. Google Tings Chak on RUclips, and you may find some of her shows.
I enjoy your lively conversations and explanations and concepts of poverty eradication
60 years ago I was born. 4 day prior, LBJ launched his War on Poverty. The US had 191+ million total population. 19% or 36+ million were living in poverty.
Today, 60 yrs later, the US has a total population of 335+ million and 11.6% or 38+ million people are living in poverty.
2+ more million people are living in poverty today than 60 yrs ago!🤔
Not to mention over half a trillion ($557+ billion) in charitable contributions were handed out in 2023 alone, and yet, we had a record number of homeless. 😵
The private sector can not create enough jobs and our government refuses to implement a job guarantee.
Until we adress those 2 factors, nothing will change.
China's leadership with its mixture of communist, socialist and capitalist thinking seems to be really working amazingly well to continuously improve life for its entire population. I hope they can prevent the individual greed and corruption that comes with capitalist thinking from gaining power and ruining it. Socialist and capitalist thinking are always in conflict with each other.
I am a Chinese living in China. According to my observation, this is what they do. They use capitalism to encourage people to create wealth, and then when people become rich, the government will tax you at different proportions according to your wealth status. The richer the person, the higher the proportion, and then the Communist Party uses these funds to support other people who are still poor, create job opportunities for them, help them sell their products, and achieve sustainable poverty alleviation. Generally speaking, this is not a society that is friendly to the rich. It is egalitarian, but it is not a direct relief. What they do is create opportunities, and everyone must work, so it is also not very friendly to lazy people.
This occurred almost 40 years ago. 😂