What happens when the world’s largest poverty-alleviation success story looks to the richest country on Earth and finds mass poverty, homelessness, and deepening inequality? The Kill Line examines how China is relearning poverty in the United States to understand the failures of a system that prioritizes profit over people.
This webinar explores China’s decades-long poverty alleviation programs, from targeted rural development to healthcare access, and places them in stark contrast with U.S. capitalism, where social safety nets are eroded, public goods are privatized, and poverty is increasingly criminalized. The webinar will unpack how socialism versus capitalism shapes everyday life, whose interests economic systems serve, and why the U.S. experience has become a warning rather than a model.
Join us for a grounded, urgent conversation about poverty and what China is learning from America’s crisis.
Speakers
Li Jing Jing (李菁菁) is a journalist and political analyst who has traveled across the world and worked as an editor and reporter for several media outlets in China. She was born and raised in China and educated in journalism both in China and the UK. From major political events, and poverty alleviation projects to pandemic control, she helped people from outside of China to get to know the real stories. Because of her sharp insights and in-depth discussions on topics that were often being neglected, her show on social networks has won avid fans across all continents and has become a key program for many people to understand China.
Boston Round Face (波士頓圓臉) is a Chinese video blogger and self-media personality recognized for his commentary on global affairs. He operates primarily on platforms like Bilibili, where he has approximately 6 million followers, and YouTube, with around 185,000 subscribers. Having studied abroad in Boston, United States, he adopted his pseudonym reflecting both that experience and his distinctive round face seen in initial videos. His content focuses on rapid analyses of international politics, often emphasizing China-Western dynamics from a perspective shaped by his overseas background.
Mimi Zhu is a queer Chinese-Australian author, artist, news anchor, and host of the Roughly Chinese podcast on Wave Media. They are based in Shanghai, China.
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