Tag Archives: poverty

It’s just that we can’t see them – reflections on class and poverty

Posted on 2012-12-15 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Over the last thirty years, along with remarkable economic development, China has seen the gap … Continue reading →

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A trip to Qinghai

Posted on 2012-11-01 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest takes us on a trip to the West, to a less familiar … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong’s dirty little secret

Posted on 2011-09-28 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Kristie Hang and Benjamin Gottlieb recently wrote a story for CNN’s website about some members of Hong Kong’s underclass: Hong Kong’s poorest living in ‘coffin homes’ Hidden amid the multi-million dollar high-rise apartments and chic shopping malls of Hong Kong’s … Continue reading →

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Liaoning Evening News’ tabloid headlines

Posted on 2010-02-24 by Alice Xin Liu

The report about taking grandma to university tells the story of Guan Wandong (管万东) who studies at Liaoning Normal University. With one parent dead and another who is ill, his sick grandma doesn’t have enough money to cure her different illnesses, including a slightly deformed leg.

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