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Beijing orders demolition of leading activist's home
Beijing (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Beijing authorities have issued an order to destroy the home of one of China's leading rights activists, who has been in police custody for more than 200 days, her husband and lawyer said Tuesday. The plight of Ni Yulan is one of the highest-profile of the many so-called "land grab" cases in China, where city residents are evicted from their homes or farmers kicked off their lands to make ... read more *New* Comments: 0 China's Three Gorges Dam Providing New Opportunities 
Columbus OH (SPX) Nov 03, 2008China's farmers and merchants should take advantage of new agricultural and business opportunities that could help mitigate some effects of the annual flooding behind the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, according to an Ohio State University wetland expert. The level of water in the reservoir behind the dam will top off at 575 feet above sea level during the coming winter. The reserve ... read more *New* Comments: 0 China spells out landmark farm reforms 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2008Chinese farmers will be allowed to trade, lease out and transfer their land rights for profit, according to a landmark agricultural policy document released by the government on Sunday. The policy, approved a week earlier by the ruling Communist Party, is part of a reform push aimed at reducing a gaping rural-urban income gap and maintaining the nation's food security amid growing demand. ... read more *New* Comments: 0 China's communists approve key land reforms 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 12, 2008China's ruling Communist Party approved a major economic reform plan Sunday that will allow farmers to trade and mortgage their land rights and help bolster the nation's food security. The move is part of a wider package of reforms aimed at reducing a gaping rural-urban income gap that has expanded during 30 years of capitalist market policies. The package was approved at an annual ... read more *New* Comments: 0 Migrant workers, having helped at home, head back to work 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 26, 2008After rushing back to their families following China's devastating quake, many migrant workers are returning to their jobs in the industrial heartland to funnel desperately needed cash home. Still grieving and in shock after the tragedy that killed more than 60,000 people in largely mountainous and rural Sichuan province, the young men and women from farming areas feel they have no choice bu ... read more *New* Comments: 0 |
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