In a show that was streamed live on August 27, Sinica podcast hosts Kaiser and Jeremy examine China’s efforts to fulfill the goal of Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 of eradicating extreme poverty in China by the end of this year. They are joined by two guests: Gāo Qín 高琴 is a professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work and the founding director of the Columbia China Center for Social Policy. She is a leading authority on China’s social welfare system and published a book titled Welfare, Work, and Poverty: Social Assistance in China. Matthew Chitwood, who spent two years researching rural poverty in the remote mountain village of Bangdong in Yunnan Province, brings an on-the-ground perspective on poverty alleviation. He is currently writing a book based on his field research.
4:39: Xi Jinping’s personal project of poverty eradication
12:23: Poverty in China is confined to rural areas
25:44: How rural poverty alleviation actually works in China
34:16: Chinese social assistance programs and means testing
48:49: Overlooked topics in the discussion on poverty eradication
Listen to the podcast here.
