China’s model collective village in trouble as Communist Party marks 100th anniversary | South China Morning Post

Once dubbed the “richest village” in China, Huaxi in the nation’s eastern Jiangsu province, was the pinnacle of what one analyst calls “capitalism with Chinese characteristics”. As China started to adopt market reforms in the 1980s, local Communist Party secretary Wu Renbao switched the village economy from agricult…

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