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Mr. Zhou, a retiree in Shanghai, told The Epoch Times, “An annual income of 4,000 yuan ($617) is equivalent to a bit more than 300 yuan ($46) a month. How can it be considered above poverty?” He revealed that a person in Shanghai needs at least 500 yuan ($77) to buy food every month. “There is also at least 200 yuan ($30) for transportation and at least 2,000 yuan ($300) to rent a place to live each month.”
1 posted on 02/28/2021 3:18:14 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Mao’s solution to poverty was brutal: he killed the poor.


2 posted on 02/28/2021 3:19:34 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Poverty = Communist Party Control


3 posted on 02/28/2021 3:19:53 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: SeekAndFind

Uyghurs standing up to proclaim how unpoor and miserable their lives are.

They are so motivated to proclaim they’re happy and not miserable at all.


5 posted on 02/28/2021 3:23:17 PM PST by Bayard
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To: SeekAndFind

Sounds like being above the poverty line in China means you are close to but not actually starving to death.


6 posted on 02/28/2021 3:23:30 PM PST by Fzob
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To: SeekAndFind

Rd later.


9 posted on 02/28/2021 8:13:21 PM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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