Tien Ching, a Canadian citizen who grew up in China, aimed to close these opportunity gaps.In 2010, she founded the non-profit organization Educating Girls of Rural China (EGRC), which sponsors high ...

Many rural Chinese girls have only one chance in their lives. If a rural girl gets accepted to university but cannot attend because her family is too poor, she might lose this chance forever. There is ...

A teenage girl from a poor, landlocked rural area of China, who has worked hard to achieve success in the sport of surfing, will represent her country in the 2024 Olympics in a remarkable ...

Low pay and poor prospects mean the turnover rate among Chinese rural teachers is high, which in turn affects their professional development and work motivation. As one local teacher told us: “Few ...

In its recent study of poverty in China, the World Bank looks at some of the common perceptions of poverty in China to see how they match up with data studied by the bank.

Poisoned by poverty: China boy, 6, and girl, 4, ... Distraught gran from poor rural family was trying to make ends meet; Reading Time: 2 minutes. Why you can trust SCMP. Yating Yang in Beijing.

China has made historic progress in reducing extreme poverty, particularly in rural areas, through sustained economic growth, targeted interventions, and robust social policies.

Covid Hits China’s Rural Poor: ‘The Impact on the Village Economy Is Huge’ Economic anxiety trumps fear of the virus for many in the countryside, as urban-rural income gap continues to widen ...