Temples, monasteries, churches and mosques can give prosperous Chinese a motive to help provide welfare.

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Peers backed a motion by Labour's Lord Bach accusing ministers of failing to honour a previous commitment on access to help in welfare cases.

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The key is for citizens to develop this same level of independence in a more progressive political regime, where help and welfare is more readily available to those who genuinely require it.

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