With the last 52 impoverished counties successively declaring victory against extreme poverty, China has achieved its goal of eliminating absolute poverty one month before its self-imposed deadline.
Yeah it's a spectacular achievement. In 2011 (the last time research was done on it) there was still a good deal of people living on under $2/day (including food and housing subsidies into that calculation) and I'm sure it's only gone up since then.
Yeah but this an in international standard that even China follows in order to submit reports to the UN.
If you read in the article it's actually $2.30/day adjusted for ppp. Plus as another commenter said looks to secure food and clothing on top of that.
I'll take an extra 60 bucks a month at this point please.
Basically ends up being a free month of rent a year. God that'd rule
Yeah it's a spectacular achievement. In 2011 (the last time research was done on it) there was still a good deal of people living on under $2/day (including food and housing subsidies into that calculation) and I'm sure it's only gone up since then.