[Josh Martin]
A minor unconditional basic income scheme has been taking place in Sanya, China, for five years now and has flown very much under the radar. The income is given once every six months and is equivalent to about a month’s worth of minimum wage labor. It compares financially rather well with the Alaskan Permanent Fund in the USA. However, after five years the Hainen Provincial government issued a directive to Sanya to establish conditionality on these welfare payments. Sanya is now faced with a difficult situation where its citizens largely support the basic income, but their provincial government has ordered its termination.
For more on Sanya, read the following article:
Nicole Tin, “Should Sanya city obey directives and stop its unconditional basic income?” Citizen-Ownership Democracy, 10 July 2014.
Sanya, China (Source: Citizen-Ownership Democracy)
