German Writer: China’s Triumph over Poverty Shows That Poverty Is Surmountable
After all, the best way to shatter deep-seated bias towards China and remove misunderstanding is to come to China and see with one’s own eyes what’s happening here.
After all, the best way to shatter deep-seated bias towards China and remove misunderstanding is to come to China and see with one’s own eyes what’s happening here.
The more we understand about space, the more we understand about our own planet. Subsequently, as we develop technologies aimed at solving the problems and challenges of space, this in turn contributes to innovation and development on Earth too.
This is, perhaps, the very transformational moment in which China could create an ecological civilization that positively changes not only China, but the entire world.
The success of raising hundreds of millions out of poverty and eradicating extreme poverty altogether has not been achieved by any other political system or country in human history, and demonstrates an unequalled contribution to human rights.
The country is determined to take on responsibilities beyond its capacity and work unswervingly to address the global climate crisis.
While being a logical continuation of the previous FYP, China through its 14th FYP has refocused on some of the most pressing needs of the people and nations that would like to work hand in hand with China to build a prosperous world with a shared economy.
China’s immediate goals have always concerned advocating a “peaceful rise” aimed at securing its own prosperity and development, and subsequently is now lending that opportunity to other countries too as a multilateral initiative.
China’s economic rebound is marching full speed ahead and that will attract much more inbound FDI for the rest of the year.
China’s digitization drive aims to build a digital culture and should not be seen in isolation. It is part of a holistic and gigantic effort to achieve the second centenary goal of building a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced and harmonious by 2049.
We may at times encounter stormy waves and dangerous rapids, but as long as we pool our efforts and keep to the right direction, the giant vessel of human development will stay on an even keel and sail toward a brighter future.
This is thus not a politics of “blame” or “shaming” but it is an invitation to work together as an international community on a set of common goals and standards.
The goals that China has set for itself also have the potential to inspire other developing countries as they emerge from the pandemic and look for a new direction.