From road building to subsidies, the central government has spent large amounts of money on poverty relief in places like Liangshan

The improvement of the people's confidence itself is one of the biggest achievements

Such an independent policy is dealing a heavy blow to those who still view the relationship between the three countries as zero-sum

In the scheme, Yingluck's government paid Thai rice farmers inflated prices for their crops, driving up global rice prices

Opening up to the world has brought dramatic changes to the coastal regions, which have been more developed that the inland areas