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HONG KONG, Dec 5 (SCMP): Xi Jinping has declared victory in China’s fight against poverty, claiming nearly 100 million people have been lifted out of extreme material deprivation after eight years of struggle.
“We have completed the task of poverty alleviation in the new era as scheduled,” the president said in a speech on Thursday during a meeting with the Politburo Standing Committee, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
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