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China Poverty Politics

Ethnic minority children wearing their costumes learn to sing at a kindergarten class at the apartment houses compound built by the Chinese government in Yuexi county, southwest China's Sichuan province on Sept. 11, 2020. China's ruling Communist Party says its initiatives have helped to lift millions of people out of poverty. But they can require drastic changes, sometimes uprooting whole communities. They fuel complaints the party is trying to erase cultures as it prods minorities to embrace the language and lifestyle of the Han who make up more than 90% of China’s population. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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