Farmers are turning away from educating their children beyond compulsory schooling, a gap that could lead to a human capital ...

China has worked hard to reduce the number of citizens who live in poverty. The number of people in China who earn less than $1.90 (£1.25) per day, which is the line the World Bank uses to ...

China's government announced it will offer a one-time cash allowance to those in extreme poverty. Earlier this week, the PBOC rolled out a slate of stimulus measures aimed at shoring up the economy.

Poverty in China accounts for a major share of world poverty. In 1978, based on the World Bank's definition of extreme poverty as living on $1 a day or less after purchasing-power adjustment, there ...

at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 25, 2019. [File, Standard] Few countries can boast of rapid politically-driven socio economic transformation the way China can ...

A sociologist has suggested that people in China’s rural areas are losing faith in higher education to improve their lives, prompting widespread discussion among academics and the media over the ...

In contrast, millions of poor people in China struggle to meet their needs. The level of income inequality within a country is measured by the Gini index. Its score (the ‘Gini coefficient ...