Chinese Farmers Escape Harvest Tax Paid for Centuries – Rob Gifford

Posted by | Aug 26, 2005

From National Public Radio:

For the first time, Chinese farmers are not paying a harvest tax. Beijing is lifting the tax to fight growing unrest in the countryside that in the past has brought on revolution.

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