Extreme poverty in China: poorest village hopes for change
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Xiaoguancheng village in Hebei province is among the poorest in China. The yearly per capita income of its residents is below 3,000 yuan (US$475). The village has been targeted as part of President Xi Jinping’s campaign to wipe out poverty across China by 2020.
SCMP visits the village to assess its current condition and will return in subsequent years to see if and how the government’s poverty alleviation scheme is working.
So much pressure on that little girl's shoulder. I wish her nothing but the best.
TooReal Diamonds are created under pressure. Ijs
It's the same mind set, they have children so that "they " are taken care of!! Never a thought or a show of love to their children!😞
Yes
That is why villages are shrinking and cities are growing and she might have moved to some other place like Beijing or Shanghai for a better opportunity for High School.
@@aloomilk6326 oh it's not that easy to move to cities if you come from a village, you need to have a permission of residency that you have to ask from authorities and it needs money and job. You can't get a job without that authorization...
the girl is so sweet and optimistic.. i hope she has a bright future
Happy to see this girl is well educated and ambitious
Yes it warms my hart
it breaks my heart... she doesnt know unconditoinal love only pressure put on her shoulders to help her family
@@kingkylie9655 how do you know they don't unconditionally love her? You got all of that from a 3 minute video? Wow! You should be a psychic! 🙄
I am not happy to see this girl is well "educated" And ambitious
No thanks to her family
a lot of the poorest families are those with disabled family members, a great way of fixing the problem is to have a proper system where mentally ill or disabled people can get proper care.
Talk is cheap. You know what’s better? When you pay for the system that you suggest.
The young children in the rural areas have the hardest times when their parents have no income
obsidianstatue You do know those doctors need money as well, not just from the government. If that were to happen everywhere, the governments would soon be in debt. I don’t disagree with you as I am a British doctor working specifically for the NHS, all I think is that the government needs to find an efficient way to balance out expenses and income.
Ubi 1000yuan per month to every adult age 18 and above
Here in Brazil we have a law that obligates companys with more than 100 employers to fill at least 5% of the hires w/ disabled people, plus the public health system that take care of the needs of these ones
Poorest village, but I didn’t see any trash on the streets except dry leaves..👍🏻
Ko Ye’-Aviation Lover
how would they produce any trash in the first place...
They eat em
Now that is True..!
They just eat corn... no plastic trash anyway.
@@NintendoFanboy21 100% true
They are Still Very Clean
Yeah thats what matters
What do you mean still? You massive bigot!
Compared to Indians, yes they are clean.
@@McFlashh Because there are very few people in such poor places, people with a little ability have already moved to live in the town, and of course there are relatively few people and they are relatively clean.
@@Lee-xw9fr chill dude. It’s hard to find time and resources to new clean when you’re poor. That’s just the truth.
My grandparents who were born 1910 had pretty tough lives, no electricity and walking to school in pitch black cold darkness. And doing chores and working at home. Watching these documentaries gives a slight hint of how it was. Also some hope that it will be better for the ones present.
solar power electric
if they cannot compete, birth control = the solution.
it is fair to call socialism "THEFT" because the outcome is NEGATIVE. if the outcome of socialism = glorious, then it is called super policy. understand? outcome of socialism = weak citizens ---> the west refuse to help china ---> massive unemployment = negative consequence.
@@hashim64 Like it even existed in 1910.
Life was way more tough 500 years ago.
To be honest being poor in a village is much better than being homeless in a city. At least they have a land in the wilderness to grow their own food
jia hao however a bad growing season can easily destroy the village
Wish her and her family all the best, Chinese people do work hard with no complain, they are great people, all respect to you all.
Thanks for your kindness！
according to legends, your well-wishes still hanging on the wall, neatly framed and tied with a festive bow.
Don't romanticize this. The government needs to fix this.
These interviews actually helps out the family because they give stuff back in return for doing a report
we can see the young generation is so much better than the old generation both mentally and physically.
InfoChina it's called evolution
@Save Yourculture i thought they all want to be mass public shooters
@@catslover9908 no its called education
@Save Yourculture i blame the parents for raising them so lazily with the "oh sweetie you can drop out of high school if you really want to"
China has improved everyone’s standard of living. They’re the new World leaders.
It’s so crazy to see the really rich and the really poor people coming from the same country..... mix emotions, I only wish each country can concentrate to eliminate poverty.... hope the best for this family
According to the CCP, they have eradicated poverty. They aren't doing anything to try and help those in rural China.
The gap is far far far worse in the US then anywhere else on the planet, and the lowest gap betwen the rich and the poor in the world is in China.
@@rakshitraina19 lol, sorry but you cannot compare these conditions. But in most countries there are huge gaps between rich and poor (not all). I'm lucky as a scandinavian we are pretty much same but of course some are rich and some are poor. A "poor"person still have 100 times better conditions than 3rd world countries. I live in Philippines and there it's huge difference between rich and poor as well but when I go to US it can't be compared.
@@bjarne8343because you have a very low population ...
to be honest and I know people will argue with me,
- they look clean.
- they have food ( may not be enough)
- nobody does drugs
- no gangs
- village seems very tidy and clean
If you have ever seen Detroit poor people and Indian poor people, they are not too bad.
L L they don’t have enough money to do drugs in the first place... also they’re too weak to even form gangs, especially because the village is so small.
@@haliesung980
that is what I was trying to say.
At least it is safe and clean.
Try Detroit. You need a rifle to walk around.
@@haliesung980 they're in a village in china, so obviously no drugs or gangs. Its not because they're worse off. This family faces a very different issue from the poor people in Detroit or other large American cities, so I don't think its even fair to compare them. Imagine the mental stress that poor girl is under... it terrifies me.
This was a CCP approved story. They would only show "acceptable" poor people on this channel.
they are not black...haha
From Brazil I can relate to their problems.
I wish them the best.
The village is cleaner than my mind
Because its chinese govt showing this to you
I feel sorry for this family! :(
There are many chinese kid like her that i found on youtube.
I didn't see like poorest village 👀? Have you ever visited indian poorest place?
So the people filming these sort of things did they in any way help them when they were there?
They govt is on it. Have you not been paying attention
help not work，its on themself to find a way to get out of poverty，or it will not last long！
what we can do is to help them find the way！
琳柳 ok
Here's an idea South Morning China Post. How about you give us information on how to contact these people to donate or help them. I want to send the girl a laptop.
Ok.. here is the address : . . . .
Stpd, if you wanna donate go ask this channel or official phone numbers.
Prove it.
@@trawmmwart8149 dude, calm down?
@@trawmmwart8149 get angry much?
"ask this channel", bro, that's what he did.
you are generous
Hang in there farmer bro. My family has a similar situation and we're poor too. Praying you make it through.
Poorest but still in better condition than the slums of other countries.
Slums in china probably look even worse than this. This is just the "poorest," but I'm sure there's some who make more but cannot afford to live in the city they're at.
I agree @@chromberries7329
姑娘好好努力以后让家人过上更好的生活吧
At least, in China, poverty is not accompanied by violence. They only struggle to get better in life economically. In the US or Latin America, the poor places are flooded by violence, drug trafficking and homicides.
This is asia we give more importance in education especially in southeast asia and even south asia
Praying for you guys. Hope someday your government would help you to increase your quality of life🙏🙏🙏❤️
handwriting looks nice
Oh yes!
I feel sorry for this family, and I hope they are having a better life now since it has been four years, but I couldn't help but notice the girl wearing Nike shoes that were almost spotless.
Ya, I was just going to say the same thing ! My wife is from China and as soon as I seen that, I called her over and showed it too her. I said to her if the average yearly salary in this place is less than 500 bucks a year, then how is the girl able to afford a pair of brand new Nike shoes that are probably worth at least $160 !! She said that someone probably gave her the shoes. I seen another video about these supposedly very poor people living on top of some mountain in China somewhere, and the man they were interviewing had 3 or 4 gold teeth in the front of his mouth and his wife was wearing rags , chain smoking cigarettes and had big gold ear rings in her ears !! If they are that poor and hard up, then how are they affording that stuff?? It's quite obvious to me that a lot of these people choose to live like this, either that, or they have their priorities totally backwards.
@@justaguy4629they're fake nikes lol... and she's wearing them to look decent on camera? I mean you can be poor but you don't want to look in rags in front of the camera. Those gold earrings can also be from her dowry, the gold teeth are usually "traditional" dental stuff because they can't afford modern treatments.
@MarokoJin fake or not man, the whole point of the video was to show how poor the people are, and that girl wearing a brand new pair of shoes destroys any and all credibility.
@@justaguy4629 I might be wrong but I feel like you have never lived in a poor environment, that's why there's this need of "credibility", it's more nuanced and you can be poor and still have that one shoe, that one tshirt that is relatively new that you keep like a precious object to be able to wear it for "special occasions".
China needs to have a social security system where the elderly and disabled are being cared for. This is too much pressure on a girl's shoulder.
You should look at the wealth gap in America and compare it to that in China. The maximum wealth gap in the wolrd is in North American region, and the least in China region.
They have “dibao” which means low income insurance that gives each applicable person about 100usd a month, which is not a lot but it definitely helps. the family in the video probably can get around 300 to 400usd a month
@@rakshitraina19 but the wealth gap is still a lot lesser than in India 🤡🤡
She knows the struggle is real. I think she will do her best because she knows what's on the line. Little girl I hope the best for you and your little family in China
We can fight against poverty together.
The most fortunate thing is the girl still has a chance to get into the best universities, affordably and fairly. This is China which means chances.
Yeah, and compete with literally hundreds of millions of other students...
This world is cruel. People are corrupt. That's just reality.
@@sandeepsanghera1069 I agree, people are corrupt. In Capitalism everything counts. At least in China there are dozens millions of companies as well. Opportunities are still vast. Unlike in bigger countries with bigger salary like here in the US that are outsourcing their work out leaving many local "talents" without jobs, but China is a capitalist country too. Eventually they might outsource to smaller countries too.
@@zeleony05 companies are already leaving chine for India, Vietnam and other small countries
We believe that President Xi Jinping will wipe out the poverty all around China as soon as possible. As we have seen, recent years, many many villages and countrysides have been stepped out from poverty and these farmers have been felt a sense of happiness. Because of the policies that President Xi promulgated and he took actions to ours life and more. Thank to our dearest President Xi.
This propaganda do
@@joeyliu4443 This is not propaganda. Many families living in extreme poverty in remote mountainous areas have been relocated to cities to get free housing and to teach them job skills. Some of the fake news online about muslims being sent to concentration camps is actually job training for illiterate muslims.
Hei! You're definitely 50cents. No sane people will talk like that. Why don't you call president xi your father?
@@大象大头 Do live in China and what is it like there?
@@puppetken You'd better come to China. Although China is not perfect, it has its own problems. But China is very safe, so if you want to know about China, you can come here and feel it. Believe that you will change the previous stereotype.
Poor village but so clean! I respect this part of Chinese people!
I think every village is clean 😆😆except city
@@veer4176 no in India everything is 💩💩
This is seriously not the poorest.. They are getting education which Will help them to overcome thier situation.
Half a million villages here in India that are even more impoverished.
This is why family units are so important... I find it interesting how in China poverty seems to be a lack of modern technology, and in the UK poverty seems to be a lack of food... However, In China the poor are surrounded by food to sell, and in the UK the poor are surrounded by iPhones and smart tv's, ai systems in the home, new tech, old tech, you name it, we've got it... So my question is, how does THAT work!? And WHY are we (the chinese and uk poor people) getting deeper in individual debt because of it all!?
I think u don't even have any idea about China.. China has a huge debt because they have constructed many things and developed at a rapid rate..
This is kind of True . In America poor people especially teenagers are obsessed with branded goods promoted by rap culture like a pair jorden shoes
@@newqq6671 People in China are obsessed with brands, too. They have one of the largest knock off markets on the planet. They are incredibly materialistic in their own right.
Is this what you called poverty, In nigeria they are middle class family.
Nigeria is a failed state. Don't compare it with china. China is a rising giant
This is much better than real slum in India and Philipinne
Well, Those are different types of poverty, this one is rural region type of poverty.
That's the difference between absolute and relative poverty. Then there's the subjective aspect of poverty to be taken into account: a person may feel poor or be considered poor even though their basic needs are being met simply because they can't afford the latest gadgets or fashions.
A true heroine. Wish you the best.
The poverty is due to the disability of the rural family members. The government has the basic subsides to these kind families which ensure their schooling , food and medicals.
@Lenz C ah, chinese goverment propaganda, how much do they pay you?.
@@coffeejack7458 wumao
35名在河北，估计很难上到好大学，但是努力的人总是有回报的，希望她好好学习，改变命运。
是啊，我大学有一个河北室友，还有一个山西室友；两人使用同一套试卷，结果河北室友分数比山西室友高了几十分，可见河北高考竞争可是很猛的。
@@喵队长 高考本身就不是公平。努力并不一定有回报。北京人上海人上本地的大学就是比全国其他地区简单。地方保护主义就是这么严重
@@nehcooahnait7827 如果不是政府调配资源，北京根本不会集中这么多优质教育资源，河北这个沿海省份也不至于此，别忘了中国的211985都是政府决定出来的，既然是一个国家这就是赤裸裸的歧视
这是为了让人才留在中央的手段@@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj
If you call this extreme poverty then come to india.
What problem you have with India.
@@lksharma2531 It is truth . Nothing wrong said
A family of four with two of them being disabled and one being under 18... if it can get worse than this I don’t what to say
Proud to be an Indian. ❤
Proud of what in India?😂😂
What proud?
This place looks way more cleaner than India.
proud? bro been smoking some patriotism
这孩子普通话说的真好
北京旁边的人，当然说得好咯
她也很可爱
河北，大哥。普通话的源头就是河北某县。
河北的
Nice family and a smart and hard working girl. Wish them all the best
I am praying for this family to get what they need and enough chairs to sit on etc at school.
flower school is well equipped in china because of government investment and private funds but teachers think computer class is not so important to primary or high school students in some remote rural schools
It’s unfair for the parents to depend on her . Honestly I feel sad for the girl .
China is like that，more duty
So what can they do ? They are past their prime
that is very impressive! resilience
The street is so clean...
Small villages are easier to keep clean
我想给这个孩子捐钱，虽然我也没钱。
正如我已经多次写过的那样，必须帮助中国很好地了解我们的西方世界。中国是一个美丽的国家，由诚实、无私、和平的人民组成，他们喜欢与他人互动，但最重要的是喜欢被理解，这才是真正的中国！ 我们意大利人非常了解这些事情;我们非常了解中国，以及它想教给我们多少。对于我们意大利人来说，中国人是我们的兄弟，任何人都不应该对他们表现得不好。中国加油!! CHINA!!!
how is this extreme poverty? they have a concrete home. they have food. their daughter is at school!
@UClR6glvY2LGbAdfE5zze-yw come to philippines i'll show you extreme poverty
supermotokev what is that? This is really the poorest people in China, I am pretty sure
supermotokev As a Chinese, I would say It’s quite normal for poor(and extremely poor) people in China to have land and home(and the land has no tax itself & they can own the land like forever). Chinese government does this to ensure they won’t starve to death. But the problem is that they are POOR and their income is very low
i'm from China' rural area , when we build house in rural area government give us half of the cost . i hate communist party but they actually do things . sometime i feel so confused
@@stephenyangyang4987 拿钱说恨，得了便宜还卖乖啊
I wish from the bottom of my heart to buy her a big and beautiful house, warm clothes, and donate a lot of money to them. I wish I could help the poor and the innocent, I hate seeing them suffer, it hurts my heart, I hope her financial condition has improved.
I know, the poverty will never be solved, but I wish all the people suffering in extreme situations in the world get a better life. We know... Not even a great percent of they would leave it, because no oportunities, but, my wish is to see they happy
Still looks very clean to me compared with Indian villages.
Very clean Village,though people are poor👍👍🙏
You right
@@bicaralogis 🙏😊
That girl has to carry the legacy
In rural india including my locality, their house is a luxury yo us
Exactly India is 💩
Yes. Spot on!
Finally someone has spoken the truth.
out of poverty doesn't mean living well. it just means wages above the income poverty line.
At least the situation is becoming better
So according to your logic, you want people ti directly become rich just after they get out of poverty right?
Pray for these hard times in the world!
I understand why I see many Chinese people moving to my country(UK)
it is a wonderful story what President Xi Jinping does for poor people!!!! Thank you very much!!!
He doesn't coin and issue the yuan... He borrows it from the PBC. He's just another puppet for the elite central bankers... 🤷
Okay so the dad can't work full time due to health issues but he can certainly help with laundry so his daughter can focus on school work. Also maybe he shouldn't be wasting money on cigarettes and help his daughter more.
How can I help this family?
Too bad there is no direct way to help people like this.
Dude throw like $5-10 in an envelope and mail it to them, that's like winning a small lottery for them.
I see a very decent family and lifestyle. Compared with my country Argentina where the poorest ares are fill of violence and drugs. I think China has dignity, its a culture with integrity.
I have got emotional bcoz we are in same situation before 2008 but somehow father got job now we have owned house and poverty is there in our country due to overpopulation and less national money and resources
Strong country
Poor people
Has their situation gotten any better?
人窮志不短 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 加油!!!!!
Everyone is there can help them I will bless you with health I was blessings
shes so pretty
Not shanty houses but well built concrete ones.
Well in China shanty houses are the ones built by concrete. It is about their relative income and access to utilities/public goods/services
@@nehcooahnait7827 i really have recently visited china.China is today very dynamic. Quick changes. Do not stick to the news. Old slum concrete buildings are being dismantled and new modern buildings zones are being built in replacement. That in sichuan. Chinese say themselves they are poor but in fact chinese are working so hard and very active to get rid of poverty. I have seen this by my eyes. New subways and new high speed train lines are being built madly. If a person visited china 5 years ago that person cannot say what china looks like today. Quick changes.
如果中国真的那么美丽，那为什么那里的媒体不自由，为什么人们都跑到国外，中国只展示了一些好的东西，真正的中国是一个非常积贫积弱的国家。印度是一个幸福而强大的国家。
China did not say they are a beautifully country.
Is there any way we can donate to this family?
you don't need to, actually the government must supply with them whatever they need. I'm pretty sure by now they moved into free new house.
Chinese poor people are rich than Indian lower middle class।
True
Update?
Que linda essa garota
😥 wish I can help but I myself a jobless n zero bank balance
China poor villages still looks pretty decent when compare to other countries
don't give up little man you can do whatever you want
When you do these documentaries you should tell also their adress so people can send them money and things!!
It sure enough this is propaganda video. In fact numerous Chinese are very rich, the only poor is political freedom.
I am a paraplegic disabled person . I have been in bed for 18 years. I have no job or income. Is there any way to get help?
Much better then india bangladesh and pakistan
ccp-china is the only govt in the world that value nd reach out programs most appropriate to the ethnic, villagers, rural poor people... glory of ccp-china is glory to ethnic villagers rural poor people...
We are socialism, we want to eliminate all inequalities
How about their life now？Can u make a video?
To think so little has been done even though it's only 3,5 hours away from beijing , surely the Chinese government could've done better?
Much nicer than the slums of Mumbai.
4:16 its confusing
I hope she continues her love for computers, it'll change her for the better.
why doesn't this man go to the nearest poultry farm and buy a hundred laying hens? five hundred is better. it is much more profitable to feed corn to chickens and sell eggs than to sell corn. maybe I don't understand something? the Russian peasant never sold grain; he fed it to pigs and to his beloved cow - nurse. after that, he sold pork and milk at the market. grain costs a penny, eggs, milk and meat are rubles.
China pulled 600 million people from poverty in last 30 years, but still millions and millions who needed to be saved and that will take a time.
Nowadays things goes wild in China, one day you woke up you see technology, day after day brand new technology comes while you sleep, how crazy is that???
And one more crazier thing is famous brands and those brands sold so fast.
approximately 100 million users than entire Europe in China.
@@TheNightheaven
I lived on the border with China in 88-89. I remember what he was, and I see what he's become. Yes, China has come a colossal way.
moreover, such rural poverty is surprising. after all, some rural technologies are simple and very effective, and citizens will never get tired of eating.
@@ivanduvalierveryevildictat8940 主要是这个村子太远了，住在山里，孩子上学不花钱，可以免住宿费和书本费，但是国家给的补助不能管好他的家庭，因为残疾人太多
养鸡可能也会很费力气，这个老人养不了把
The girl doesn't seem from a poor family. Her face, hair and clothes tell it. She even wears NIKE shoes. Just opinion.
I mean her face and jacket would look like that of a person earning $15k a year
@@kevinisenzo7945 if you want to watch real poor chinese kids, watch those reported by western media. If you want to watch american or european poor people, watch those reported by chinese or russians. No offense. :D
i guess the outfit is just so she dont get bullied in school ive seen many videos of "richer" kids beating up poor kids in the streets like really evil things happen there for the poor
donations, or fake shoes, is my guess.
@@kevinisenzo7945you know china have many cheap fake things?
I'm fine with kids like this get score compensations in Gao Kao.
I am sorry for these people and all that will be joining them in extreme poverty
Daughter MVP
What are their current condition during covid 19 ? Hope the little girl can attend and afford the university
The family is just a bit poorer than an average Nepalese family . This family has such condition due to unhealthy family members . China is doing great and still needs to .
Average? What do you even know about average family in Nepal?
the question is...what is the poverty...who is poor? one who have a lot of money and clothes, but no heart, is proud and jealous of others...or the one who have just one pair of shoes and just few t-shirts, but have loving familly and friends and has heart for everyone?
Yes wat a gem of person you are loved your comment ❣️
Chinese people are definitely the most peaceful people around the world ❤️.
LoL no. You really have no clue what you're talking about.
@@LordKoKuyou Name one a country China has even invaded ?
@@tusi1390 Really? That's the only thing that matters to you? Invasions are ordered by the government and not by the people of a country so even a country full of people who hates war may go to a war if the people in power decides to do it.
China invaded Vietnam...twice.
It also invaded South Korea, but this is a much more complicated case.
China also invaded Tibet.
The Chinese communist party direct killed millions of people since its inception simply to keep their power.
They are also doing what their can to subdue Taiwan, Tibet and Hon-Kong. Killing, controlling from the shadows and oppressing are their most common tactics.
tusi1390 the Chinese culture is different. military conquest is not the best way. Courtesy is our way. In our history, so many minorities conquer China, but finally they assimilate to China, and become one people of china
I think people are all the same. China has done terrible things too to its own people. It’s the culture that is very different. We don’t believe in taking other people’s possessions and call it glorious. To us, maybe some of us Chinese, glory means you are prosperous and you help others become prosperous. It has been one of our ideologies for millenniums, 天下大同。
Fortunately for me, though unfortunately for my ancestors, China has not invaded or looted any countries in the last few hundred years, thus I don’t have to feel guilty to anyone from any other country for my ancestors sins.
I hope they recover
The Study is oportunity for sucesso.
If everyone, everyone is everyone in all the world, was secured clean air to breathe, food to eat, and clothes on primarily then everyone would do very well in the world.