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Tom Phillips — China to move millions of people from homes in anti-poverty drive

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Another propaganda piece from the Guardian supposedly countering Chinese propaganda about the current program to eradicate poverty in China and get everyone above the poverty line. It is not only propaganda.It is cynical, especially in comparison with the neoliberal agenda that is resulting in increased poverty and precarity in the neoliberal world. And in many places around the world, neoliberal policy is displacing disadvantaged people summarily in the quest to exploit resources in their region.The headline should read, "China to move millions of people from hovels to homes in anti-poverty drive."Perhaps the author is not consciously writing propaganda but just displaying Western ideological bias and the isolation of Western elites in their bubbles. The result is the same, however.At

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Another propaganda piece from the Guardian supposedly countering Chinese propaganda about the current program to eradicate poverty in China and get everyone above the poverty line. It is not only propaganda.

It is cynical, especially in comparison with the neoliberal agenda that is resulting in increased poverty and precarity in the neoliberal world. And in many places around the world, neoliberal policy is displacing disadvantaged people summarily in the quest to exploit resources in their region.

The headline should read, "China to move millions of people from hovels to homes in anti-poverty drive."

Perhaps the author is not consciously writing propaganda but just displaying Western ideological bias and the isolation of Western elites in their bubbles. The result is the same, however.

At least he is writing from on scene and the facts of the report belie the bias.

The Guardian
China to move millions of people from homes in anti-poverty drive

Tom Phillips, from Padangshang village, Yunnan province, PRC
Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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