Category: rural development

China Issues More Crop Subsidies, Highlighting Its Farm Crisis

China will provide 10 billion yuan ($1.45 billion) in one-time farm subsidies, according to a government statement on April 17. The subsidies are meant to help grain farmers. Funds will be deposited directly to farmers’ bank accounts, according to a report in Chinese state media the Global Times. However, experts believe despite recent subsidies, the…


How Rural China Forms an Accomplice Network to Control Trafficked Females

Commentary Many analyses blame the Chinese human trafficking industry for the misery of a Xuzhou mother of eight. The stereotype of rural Chinese as simple and hard working people ignores the fact that the abducted females sold for marriage are faced with the oppression of the buyers, and even more so the oppression of the…