A Fantastic Formula.

I think there's a fantastic formula behind China's success in poverty alleviation: organization, state capacity at a level that we in the West can't imagine, and good intentions on the part of China's leaders. I don't think they really understand the scope and scale of China's poverty alleviation - 1.4 billion people are a huge constituency to take care of. Malcolm Clarke, a British director and two-time Academy Award winner, shared his views on how China's pursuit of xiaokang, or moderate prosperity, has changed people's lives with Beijing Review reporter Li Nan. [Extracted from the article]