☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoThose evil socialists are hiding their homeless in homeslemmy.mlimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down117
arrow-up1321arrow-down1imageThose evil socialists are hiding their homeless in homeslemmy.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareDessalines@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 hours agoThe source for that appears to be this article from 2011 : https://web.archive.org/web/20160930015343/http://gbtimes.com/life/homelessness-china Most of the poverty alleviation campaigns were well underway by 2012, so I’d be interested to see what those numbers are now. But also, China is responsible for ~3/4ths of the reduction in world poverty via these campaigns. Not to mention that if you’ve visited any Chinese city in the past few years, you won’t see any of the slums or homeless that you see in the neoliberal countries.
The source for that appears to be this article from 2011 : https://web.archive.org/web/20160930015343/http://gbtimes.com/life/homelessness-china
Most of the poverty alleviation campaigns were well underway by 2012, so I’d be interested to see what those numbers are now.
But also, China is responsible for ~3/4ths of the reduction in world poverty via these campaigns.
Not to mention that if you’ve visited any Chinese city in the past few years, you won’t see any of the slums or homeless that you see in the neoliberal countries.