East China's long march out of poverty
East China's long march out of poverty
- Yang - a mother of two, who helps support her grandchildren - is now paid 60 yuan a day. It's not as much as the 80 yuan given to her male colleagues, but it's far more than that earned by the estimated 50,000 other Xingguo villagers who local officials have declared are living below the poverty line - earning less than 2,300 yuan a year.
- Yang - a mother of two, who helps support her grandchildren - is now paid 60 yuan a day. It's not as much as the 80 yuan given to her male colleagues, but it's far more than that earned by the estimated 50,000 other Xingguo villagers who local officials have declared are living below the poverty line - earning less than 2,300 yuan a year.