From the Financial Express (link) Amid China’s efforts to bridge the widening chasm between the rich and poor, the government has thrown agriculture tax into the dustbin of history, rescinding the 2,600-year-long practice which could improve the lot of some 800 million peasants. “We will completely rescind the agricultural tax throughout the country, throwing it […]
From the Los Angeles Times: The Chinese government Thursday approved plans to abolish the agricultural tax, a centuries-old levy imposed on farmers that communist authorities had continued for more than five decades. China’s rural population of 900 million has largely been on the losing end of the country’s dramatic economic growth, which has created huge […]
From The Telegraph: A 2,000-year-old grievance will be lifted next year when China scraps taxes for hundreds of millions of peasants, the government’s traditional source of revenue. Reforms introduced as proof of China’s commitment to those left behind by the economic boom are so far ahead of schedule that farm taxes, which date back to […]
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