And she was the first South Korean citizen to gain permanent residency in China in 2006

From road building to subsidies, the central government has spent large amounts of money on poverty relief in places like LiangshanThe Congress will review the Party's work over the past five years, discuss and set the future direction for the Party and the nation, as well as elect a new central leadership

China has lifted hundreds of millions of its citizens out of poverty over the past few decades, but doing the same for groups like the Yi poses a different set of challengesAs all eyes are on the upcoming Congress, let's take a look at what international media said about the developments and achievements of ChinaSimilarly, the annual per capita income in impoverished rural areas has grown to 10

A photo taken on June 14, 2017 shows a poverty alleviation relocation site in Leibo county, Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province-- Reuters: "China's ethnic Yi struggle against poverty" (Aug 10, 2017)China lifted 13

China has set 2020 as the target year to complete the building of a "moderately prosperous society," which requires the eradication of poverty

About 775,000 officials have been sent to impoverished areas for poverty relief work, said the reportHyra described the massive transformation in the U Street/Shaw area, where the city's once most infamous open-air drug market has become a farmers' market now selling grass-fed beef and homemade duck egg ravioli

The Wharf residential and business project I visited recently is probably one of the biggestThe same urban renewal is happening in other parts of Washington

The U Street/Shaw and 14th Street area has fast been turned into an upscale neighborhood in recent years, with many new restaurants and shops opening and new apartment constructionOnly a short walk from the National Mall, it looks like a good place to live, work and hang out