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China Tries To Censor Data About Nearly 1 Billion People in Poverty (www.newsweek.com)
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China Tries To Censor Data About Nearly 1 Billion People in Poverty::Chinese government censors tried to control discussions about the country's economy this week.

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[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago

If it's propaganda it's coming from within

"In his article for the business outlet Yicai, Li cited data from a 2021 research paper by the China Institute of Income Distribution at Beijing Normal University, which placed the number of people living on less than 2,000 yuan a month at 964 million, or nearly 70 percent of the population."