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...China Back to the Countryside In a further example of China's faltering economy--exports and overall growth were down significantly in the fourth quarter of 2008--some 15% of its migrant workers are now jobless. This labor force, composed of rural peasants who travel to cities for factory jobs, is the backbone of the country's manufacturing sector. The Chinese government has said it may increase its $585 billion stimulus plan...
...world.” Ma’s participation in the event is a continuation of his involvement in the arts at Harvard as an undergraduate and with the Task Force, and as the inspiration for Greenblatt’s “English 127: A Silk Road Course: Travel and Transformation on the High Seas: An Imaginary Journey in the Early 17th Century” and Harvard’s other Silk Road courses. Ma’s Silk Road Project brings together musicians from all over the world and influenced these courses, which focus on global expressions...
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...Luckily, one doesn't have to travel far from Shaoshan and its blaring patriotic songs and armies of hawkers to find a more nuanced and interesting look at modern China. The birthplace of Liu Shaoqi, another communist leader and Mao's contemporary, lies an hour's drive from Shaoshan in Ningxiang county. Liu's memorial is quiet and forested. Once you pass through the entry gates there are no touts or trinket stands, and noticeably fewer visitors. Liu was known as a practical, down-to-earth official. During an inspection tour of the region in 1961, he learned...