Mother's Killing Her 4 Children Reveals Cracks in Anti-Poverty Drive

(Gansu province) — The deaths of four children at the hands of their poverty-stricken mother who then committed suicide has sparked outrage and an online debate about how corruption and red tape have undermined China's poverty-alleviation efforts.

The incident has led many to ask why the billions of yuan that has poured into China's anti-poverty program had failed to reach the neediest. The family, among the poorest in their village, had received no government aid since 2014.