Features Editors: Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 Hong Kong: Sean Gleeson +852 2829 6249 Chinese President Xi Jinping declared last year that his country had eradicated extreme poverty, heralding a "major victory" that the Communist Party had sought to achieve by the centenary of its founding in 2021. China's decades-long war on want has indeed yielded remarkable results, with the World Bank estimating around 800 million people have been lifted from total privation in the past 40 years. But as this AFP special report shows, some have still been left behind in a renewed push to bring prosperity to the countryside. + Poverty road in China drives some to riches, leaves others behind + China's poverty eradication: what has been achieved? China-poverty-economy,FEATURE BAOJING, China At his village along a "poverty alleviation road" in Hunan province, farmer Liu Qingyou shares a booklet detailing how Xi Jinping's government has hoisted him and 100 million other Chinese from the breadline. 1,000 words by Beiyi Seow. Pictures and video by Noel Celis. Graphic China-poverty-economy,Q&A BEIJING China claimed last year it had met a long-trumpeted target of lifting all its people out of extreme poverty. But what do the numbers say? 500 words by Beiyi Seow afp