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Home / blog / Qin Gao Talks to the South China Morning Post About Poverty in China and Hong Kong

Qin Gao Talks to the South China Morning Post About Poverty in China and Hong Kong

Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work and Director, China Center for Social Policy, at Columbia University, was quoted in the November 26, 2017 South China Morning Post article “Tales from Beijing and Hong Kong Show Challenge of Fighting Poverty, Especially Among Working Poor.”

Professor Gao, a leading expert on social policy in China, told the newspaper that helping the working poor in China is “indeed a serious challenge, especially given the increasing income inequality in society.”

Read the article here.

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