Friday 20 June 2008
In modern China, farmers cash in on their land
HAINING, China: Tales of protests by angry peasants whose land has been seized for a pittance by unscrupulous officials are commonplace in China.
But even as concern grows about the disappearance of arable land to feed 1.3 billion people, less noticed is the eagerness of other farmers, often in richer parts of China, to cash in their land and say goodbye to back-breaking toil in the fields.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/17/business/yuan.php
http://www.aplaceintheauvergne.blogspot.com/
http://www.ianwalthew.com/
But even as concern grows about the disappearance of arable land to feed 1.3 billion people, less noticed is the eagerness of other farmers, often in richer parts of China, to cash in their land and say goodbye to back-breaking toil in the fields.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/17/business/yuan.php
http://www.aplaceintheauvergne.blogspot.com/
http://www.ianwalthew.com/
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China,
IHT,
Land prices
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