Chinese TV drama on poverty eradication makes waves online – China

BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) — “Minning Town,” a new TV drama depicting poverty-stricken villagers in northwest China who built their new homes from scratch after relocating from Xihaigu, one of the country’s most uninhabitable areas, has become an online sensation. Set in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from the 1990s to the present day, the production shows how people in Ningxia’s remote region, under the guidance of China’s poverty alleviation policy and with assistance from the coastal province of Fujian, triumph over destitution. The Chinese title “Shan Hai Qing” roughly translates to “Mountain and Sea Love,” which in itself implies the…