In part one of a two-part series, the Post takes a look at some of the descriptions and phrases which have arisen in modern-day China. These highlight the dramatic changes that mainland society has undergone in recent times and reflect the very real struggles that people face as they strive for a better life, often…
One of life’s safer bets, as Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu delivers his third policy address next Wednesday, is that optimism will be the patriotic order of the day. In July, when he kicked off more than 40 consultation sessions in preparation for his address, Lee promised to “stand atop and look afar,…
In 2015, the United Nations announced 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) as part of a comprehensive agenda to tackle global issues such as poverty, hunger and climate change. It was a move by an organisation made up of an international coalition of governments, but it nonetheless triggered a nascent awareness in a precocious five-year-old Hong…
Poverty has spread across Hong Kong and is no longer only concentrated in some older districts, a population health expert has warned, urging the authorities to reintroduce the official poverty line and mobilise the public to help tackle the problem together. But welfare chief Chris Sun Yuk-han has made it clear the government will stick…
In Zhongwei, a city in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region, fighting poverty seems to be a never-ending battle. While the country as a whole has made tremendous gains in living standards, in July, the city’s Shapotou district announced that 28 more individuals had been added to a poverty relapse watch list. The officials who…
Hong Kong’s richest are earning 81.9 times more than its poorest residents, up from 52.7 times last year, the local branch of an international charity has said, in a further widening of the city’s wealth gap. A report released by Oxfam Hong Kong on Wednesday also showed that more than 1.39 million people were living…