What is the truth about poverty in China? Is China a poor country? Are the Chinese poor? Did China's government eliminate poverty? Let's ask a local Chinese girl to share her thoughts on poverty in Ch ...

The crisis has stabilised, and while some good has come of it, Aids treatment and recognition of rural inequalities, it’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China should adjust its poverty threshold to reflect the country’s improved economic realities, experts said, arguing that a large ...

MALIPO, China — The rural villages of Malipo are a world away from gleaming Chinese cities like Beijing and Shanghai, reached by narrow roads that sometimes skirt dangerously close to deep ravines.

BEIJING - China's government called Saturday for higher social spending, controls on inflation and measures to urgently close a divisive rich-poor gap, betting that rising living standards, better ...

Mihir Sharma is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, he is author of “Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy.” The world has, for ...

Talk about the 1%. The richest 70 members of China’s legislature added more to their wealth in just the last year than the combined net worth of all 535 members of the U.S. Congress, the President and ...

HONG KONG, Nov 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Executives at Chinese state-owned banks probably have one of the financial world's most thankless jobs. Beijing has loosened capital rules and pledged to ...