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What I’m reading
I'm currently reading Richard Burger's book Behind the Red Door: Sex in China. It is a very interesting look at a subject that is rarely discussed with expats (or anyone else).
Tag Archives: Farmer
How Poor Are Chinese Farmers?
Yesterday we saw that China’s farmers occupy the lowest rung of Chinese society. Today we’ll be looking at why China’s farmers are also at the bottom economically, as we try to answer the question, How poor are Chinese farmers? Officially … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Life in China, Rural Life
Tagged annual income, China, Farmer, Guangxi, Inflation, Migrant worker, Nanjing, poverty, Reuters, rural china, rural life, Shandong
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How are farmers viewed in modern China?
About 80 years ago Pearl Buck penned her novel “The Good Earth” about farmers in rural Jiangsu province, and today that image remains firmly planted in the minds of Westerners. After my time in rural Guangxi and my visit to … Continue reading
Posted in Life in China, Rural Life
Tagged China, Farmer, Gansu, Guangxi, Pearl Buck, Rural society in China, Shanghai
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Seeing Red in China 