Benefits of recovery elude China's poor

The Chinese economy is recovering swiftly from the coronavirus shock as normal life returns, but the trumpeted revival is not all it is made out to be. The Straits Times China Bureau reports.

Villagers climbing a series of steel stairs and ladders (above) to reach their homes in the village of Atulie'er (left) in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province. Officials acknowledge that the pandemic has badly affected the prefectu — Villagers climbing a series of steel stairs and ladders (above) to reach their homes in the village of Atulie'er in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province. Officials acknowledge that the pandemic has badly affected the prefecture - one of the most impoverished regions in the province - even as they insist that the worst is over. ST PHOTO: DANSON CHEONG

Danson Cheong China Correspondent In Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (Sichuan Province)

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Nov 02, 2020, 05:00 AM

By most standards, 26-year-old Yang Yang is much like any other young parent living in China's cities.

He frets over whether his three children will be able to go to good schools and whether he can make enough money to raise them and put a roof over their heads.

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