Changing China

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

China is struggling with another major blow to its social order. This time also its no other but the peasant community. The really dissatisfied lot is having a bad time to cope with the benefits reforms have brought for some. The major focus now is the Land reform and many a scholars in China feel that if Land Reforms are not carried out, it will create unlimited chaos within China. Reports from related departments point out that the mass incidents are on a rise for the recent past few decades, from 8,700 in 1993 to 87,000 in 2005 and more than 90,000 in 2006. This is an increase of more than ten times in the last decade. The cause of worry is that by the end of 2009, one-fourth of the peasant population in China did not have land. This number is also on the rise. Policy suggestions are that there should be "connectivity of the land" (θΏžη‰‡εˆ†εœ°) so that the farmland yields higher production and is fully utilized even when the peasants leave the land and move for off-farm activities. How will the new policy suggestion bring in revolution after the enormous success Household Responsibility System brought in China, is an issue yet to be seen. However, for the time being peasants are unhappy and are worried about the aging populace in rural areas. What new reforms are in the making, is what we are interested to know.

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