Hello and welcome to the 20th issue of Beijing Review.

(XINHUA)

COVER STORY

Goodbye Hardship looks at how one ethnic minority in Yunnan went from one of the poorest areas in China to one that is setting a new example of poverty alleviation. Infrastructure improvements, education, training and more investment in villages are allowing the Derung people to improve their lives and grow their incomes. 

WORLD

The Way Out analyzes ways to help resolve the deadlocked nuclear issues on the Korean Peninsula. New thought and self reflections along with relying on universally accepted codes of conduct could help this hard-to-solve problem. 

FORUM

Should Crowdfunding Platforms Establish Criterion for Project Initiators? debates if it is fair that someone with substantial assets asks donors who are less economically secure to donate money, especially when the person using the crowdfunding platform asks for more money than they seem to need. A recent controversy can serve as a lesson for future crowdfunding efforts. 

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