The New Socialist Countryside

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2006-03-31 04:22. ::
 

Almost 57 years later, it's good to see how far the Chinese people's revolution has progressed, with its objectives of overthrowing corruption and bringing an end to exploitation.

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Beaten slave workers freed from brick pit
Migrant workers - looking weary and grimy, with one munching on a piece of dry bread - stand in line after being rescued from captivity in a brick kiln in Yuncheng, Shanxi province.
Police freed the more than 30 migrant labourers who said they were beaten, forced to work up to 18 hours a day without pay for as long as two months and fed little more than boiled cabbage.

I once read something by Liu Binyan characterizing China's vast rural population as the country's "colonial subjects." Is this the new socialist countryside, a place where those below you on the ladder become your slaves?

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Richard
The New Socialist Countryside
Submitted by Richard on Fri, 2006-03-31 05:08.

Link, please!

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The New Socialist Countryside
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2006-03-31 05:53.

Unlinkable SCMP (ouch!)

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