Foreigners witness country s victory against poverty By CAO PENGYUAN in Lu an, Anhui | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-01-13 07:26 Share CLOSE Albert Mhangami from Zimbabwe tries his hand at making sweet potato vermicelli in Jinzhai. CAO LI/XINHUA
Firsthand experience gained on mission to rural areas
After immersing himself in his studies for several years, Albert Mhangami, 27, a student from Zimbabwe at Tsinghua University in Beijing, last month finally had a chance to interact with the people he had been researching.
Mhangami, who is studying China s poverty alleviation efforts, visited Jinzhai county in Lu an, a city in Anhui province. Just six years ago, some 130,000 impoverished people were living in this mountainous area.
Published January 12, 2021, 8:00 AM
HEFEI, Jan. 10 – As his conversation in a mountain village museum proceeded, all the familiar laughs that Zimbabwean youth Albert Mhangami saw during his trip flashed into his mind, warmly and inspiringly.
It was “a laugh that was shared by the people of that village, by the hundreds of millions of people that had been pulled out of destitution,” as he wrote later.
Also participating in the conversation were South African teacher Shaun Nish, his daughter Rebecca Nish, and Malaysian media worker Michael Chick, which was the final part of their five-day trip to Jinzhai County, east China’s Anhui Province.
2021-01-11 04:14:03 GMT2021-01-11 12:14:03(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Michael Chick, Shaun Nish, Rebecca Nish, and Albert Mhangami dance with villagers at Dawan Village in Jinzhai County of Luan City, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Fangqiang)
HEFEI, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) As his conversation in a mountain village museum proceeded, all the familiar laughs that Zimbabwean youth Albert Mhangami saw during his trip flashed into his mind, warmly and inspiringly.
It was a laugh that was shared by the people of that village, by the hundreds of millions of people that had been pulled out of destitution, as he wrote later.
HEFEI, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) As his conversation in a mountain village museum proceeded, all the familiar laughs that Zimbabwean youth Albert Mhangami saw during
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