Machine generated contents note: 1. Development is not a dinner party -- 2. Rich Wang's village: marketing the dairy economy -- 3. Buying out collectives and farms -- 4.`We never forcibly evict anybody, except those who refuse to move' -- 5.`May god bless our injured land ... ' -- 6. Water...

This stimulating and challenging book explores the duplicitous nature of development in China. On the positive side, it brings longer and healthier lives; fewer children dead before they are five years old; more comfort and security from famine and disaster; more education; more communication;...

The book provides a study of sustainable development in rural China. Because of its huge population and vast land area, this is an important issue not only for China but for the whole world. The research presented is both multi aspect and systematical. It can be likened to a tree where the trunk...