Indian scholar Vijay Prashad looks at China: After poverty alleviation, what choices will young people make in the age of robots?
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In his keynote speech at the Global South Academic Forum (2026), Vijay Prashad, director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, recounted China's tremendous changes through firsthand experiences such as the "Happiness Canteen" in Ganzhou, where a meal for people over 80 costs only 3 yuan, and the rebuilding of the old village of "Red Army Village" in Ruijin, saying that having traveled to more than 70 countries in the Global South, "nothing can compare with China's recent development." At the same time, he asked what choices Chinese young people will make after poverty alleviation and in the age of robots, and called on Chinese writers to write about this era.
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在印度学者眼中，中国的巨变是什么模样？脱贫之后、机器人时代，中国年轻人又会作何选择？ 日前，在由华东师范大学、三大洲社会研究所、南非约翰内斯堡大学联合主办的全球南方学术论坛（2026）上，三大洲社会研究所所长维杰·普拉沙德作主旨演讲，以亲历的中国烟火气作答：赣州“幸福食堂”里，80岁以上老人一餐仅3元；瑞金“红军村”中，17位长征青年种下的松树依然挺立，昔日旧村已翻建一新。走遍全球南方70多国的他直言：“没有什么能与中国的近期发展相比”。 同时，他也在思考脱贫之后的故事，呼唤今天的中国作家去书写这个时代。消除绝对贫困、推进乡村振兴的中国实践，正是全球南方“鲜活的当下”。加强交流互鉴，让这些烟火气里的中国故事，传唱到更多南方国家。