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Transcript: Eking Out an Existence in Chinas Remote Badlands
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- May 15, 2006
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MELISSA BLOCK, MICHELE NORRIS
All Things Considered (NPR)
05-15-2006
Eking Out an Existence in Chinas Remote Badlands
Host: MELISSA BLOCK, MICHELE NORRIS
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM
MELISSA BLOCK, host:
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
MICHELE NORRIS, host:
And Im Michele Norris.
All this week, were going to visit Chinas countryside. The great majority, about 70 percent, of Chinas people live in rural areas. But, says Professor Shabo Lu(ph) of Barnard College, the farmers have not benefited from Chinas recent economic growth the way the people in the city have.
Mr. SHABO LU (Professor, Barnard College): The gap is quite tremendous. For example, in cities like ...