IN-DEPTH / IN-DEPTH By Zhang Mengxu Published: Mar 08, 2021 08:59 PM
Villagers attend a wedding ceremony held in Xiaohaixin village, their new living community after poverty alleviation relocation, Xundian county, Southwest China s Yunnan. Photo: ICEditor s Note: When future historians write the chronicles of our time, a close-up story is likely to be China s targeted poverty alleviation, said Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of The Kuhn Foundation and recipient of the China Reform Friendship Medal (2018), who has long been researching the poverty alleviation efforts in China.
Kuhn, 77, has been telling the world the China story for more than 30 years. He has published books such as How China s Leaders Think and The Inside Story of China s 30 Year Reform. He also went deep into the poor areas of China to produce the documentary Voices from the Frontline: China s War on Poverty.