Thursday, December 29, 2005

International Development: Number of poor in Tibet falls by over a million

China Review, reports that according to sources from the Regional Poverty Relief Office, over 1 million residents in - "southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region" were rescued from poverty with the aid of - "supportive policies of the local government".

According to figures, Tibet's poor has fallen from 1.48 million at the end of 2000 to 450,000 currently.

Tomorrow children, I will tell you how a Fairy Godmother came to the rescue of a young girl who wanted to go to a ball.