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China’s Other Billion: Dispatches from a Rural Road Trip

This marks the first installment in a new series of posts by journalist Rachel Beitarie, who will be sharing with us dispatches from her journey across rural China. In this post, Rachel visits Beichuan, Sichuan and talks with survivors of the devastating 2008 earthquake. Introduction from Rachel:I came to China for three months, with a plan to see a bit of Tibet and Sichuan and to get a taste of