Problem is that means testing often actually hinders many people who actually need help. Not every one is good with filling out forms and doing these applications. Not everyone knows how to apply and how to get assistance. And sometimes applications fail for strange reasons. Plus the cut off may screw people who were reliant on it but just don’t meet the right threshold.
Yeah, apart from other areas of china (if you can call those “invasions and occupations”) there’s only been one time they’ve invaded another country and that was Vietnam in 1979.