'Cliffside Villagers' Move to New Homes Amid Poverty Alleviation Efforts in SW China

[beijingwalker]

'Cliffside Villagers' Move to New Homes Amid Poverty Alleviation Efforts in SW China

Zhaojue County, one of the last seven counties in southwest China's Sichuan Province to be removed from the country's list of impoverished counties, moved another 31 households of a "cliffside village" to their new homes as part of the province's largest poverty alleviation project through relocating poor population from inhospitable areas. The Zhaojue County of Sichuan's Liangshan ethnic Yi Autonomous Prefecture launched the relocating process of the poverty alleviation project on May 10, starting moving the county's more than 18,000 villagers in 3,194 impoverished households to their new houses, including the 84 households in the "cliffside village" of Atulie'er.

 

[beijingwalker]

New settlement for villagers willing to leave their cliff village , they exclaim that they'd never dreamed of living in such beautiful and spacious houses.

 

[beijingwalker]

Cliff village a decade ago, now those makeshift ladders had been all replaced by safe steel ladders, but the government still decides to move those who are willing to leave to a new settlement with free government provided houses and comprehensive supporting facilities like schools, hospitals, shopping centers...

 

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The EU does this as well, at least the nordic part. USA will never do this.

 

[beijingwalker]

New settlement for the cliff villagers ethnic Yi minority, each apartment is 100 square meters with free brand new funiture and electric appliances provided. Fast internet is not free but the provider offers the best bargain for the villagers.

All supporting facilities like kingdergartens, schools, hospital..are all conveniently inside the settlement.

 

[beijingwalker]

New settlement for the cliff villagers ethnic Yi minority, each apartment is 100 square meters with free brand new funiture and electric appliances provided. Fast internet is not free but the provider offers the best bargain for the villagers.

All supporting facilities like kingdergartens, schools, hospital..are all conveniently inside the settlement.

 

[beijingwalker]

Cliff village government chief, proud of the change

 

[beijingwalker]

What foreign media report China's poverty alleviation for ethnic minorities from today's coverage.

China destroys ethnic minorities traditional homes and marginalise their culture and traditional of life. China tries to indoctrinate the minorities to love communist party and Xi, cause every new home has a Xi's portrait which was not hung up by the local villagers themselves...

 

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That is nonsense, they stayed with each other in their land instead of putting them into cities with majority Han.

 

[Zsari]

That is nonsense, they stayed with each other in their land instead of putting them into cities with majority Han.

They wouldn't survive the city life.

 

[beijingwalker]

The settlements are still in rural mountain region, not in the cities.

 

[beijingwalker]

Can't imagine that barely a decade ago they still lived a life like a caveman but now a full modern society with everything one can hope for.
But I hope Xi's poverty alleviation campaign is not just giving away everything for free.

 

[beijingwalker]

For many local ethnic villagers the great changes in such a short time still feel unreal

 

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Farewell, "cliff path"! Villagers of Xiaoyuxi group at Xiaba village in Guizhou have started a new life under China's poverty relief resettlement program