How did China lift 800 million people out of poverty?
The Bridge to China
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The Green Grey Wall in Beijing
In the early 50s, Beijing's western hills were basically nude of trees. Around 1955, this was a national campaign of a forestation. If you go there, actually, you can check for yourself the age of the trees on the intervening hillsides. There's basically nothing more than about 50, 60, 70 years old.
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