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How did China lift 800 million people out of poverty?
The Bridge to China
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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