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Is Land Reform Finally Coming to China?

Local government seizure of farmland is a major cause of social unrest in the Chinese countryside, and existing land use policy has been identified as a major cause for the massive wealth gap between urban and rural residents. Changes to rural land policy were among the priorities outlined in the “blueprint for reform” released after the 18th CCP Congress’ Third Plenum last week, and once implemented are expected to boost income in rural households