On August 26 2016, in the small mountain village of Agu located in China’s northern province of Gansu, a 28-year-old mother named Yang Gailan killed her four children and then took her own life by ingesting agricultural chemicals.
Miracle or Disgrace: A Perspective on the CCP’s Report on Poverty Alleviation
Commentary
Beijing’s mouthpiece, the People’s Daily, has described the ruling Communist Party’s poverty alleviation efforts in an article on April 7 as “fulfilling a solemn commitment and creating a miracle on earth.”
The message from state media came a day after the State Council Information Office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) released a white paper titled, “Poverty Alleviation: China’s Experience and Contribution.”
In announcing the paper, Xu Lin, deputy head of the CCP’s publicity department, said, “The most important reason why China has eliminated absolute poverty is the CCP’s sentiment toward the people from the Party leaders to ordinary Party members and cadres, who all put the people in the highest position in their hearts.”