Against the backdrop of China's success in poverty alleviation, the country could explore the benefits of a basic-income guarantee.
A closer look at the sea change in attitudes from condemnation and coercion to facilitation and encouragement.
Beijing now has to negotiate a trickier passage: meeting the ever-increasing needs of the people for a better livelihood and combatting uneven and inadequate development.
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