The next time an anarchist tries to argue against a socialist state and advocates for small decentralized systems to achieve communism, just show them this. This levels of improvement is impossible without large scale planning and a centralized government.
Chinese Poverty Alleviation Studies A Political Economy Perspective by New China Research
Poverty Alleviation: China’s Experience and Contribution by The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China
Serve the People: The Eradication of Extreme Poverty in China by Tricontinental
Edit: Third link.
Just gonna point out for convenience: your third link is set to one of the sources for the tricontinental page, aka it automatically scrolls straight to the bottom of the article.
Thanks!