The Little Match Boy’s Death: A Big Slap on the CCP’s Lie of Lifting China Out of Poverty — Jennifer’s World

Hello, everyone, welcome to “Inconvenient Truths”. I am your host Jennifer Zeng.

Maybe for most people in the world, one of the most unforgettable events in 2020 is the COVID19, or CCP virus pandemic. But for the CCP, when they look back at 2020, they are using 8 Chinese characters to summarize it: “人民满意 世界瞩目”, which means, “the people are happy with us, and the world is looking up to us.” Apart from “successfully defeating the pandemic”, “lifting the entire country out of poverty” is another most important political achievement of the CCP and its leader Xi Jinping.

While all the CCP’s official media were celebrating the “major victory in poverty alleviation”, the death of an ordinary 23 year old young man sparked a lot of attention, debate and even overwhelming sensation on the Chinese internet. The topic about him has attracted 580 M views and 266 K discussions on the Chinese social media platform WeBo. Some call him the Chinese version of “The Little Match Girl” by famous Danish author Hans Andersen.

Who was this young man, and why has his death drawn so much attention? Today let me share with you the story of this modern day “Little Match Boy” in China.