{"id":2992,"date":"2005-05-02T09:51:38","date_gmt":"2005-05-02T16:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/05\/02\/joe-havely-rural-citizens-fighting-back\/"},"modified":"2005-05-02T09:51:38","modified_gmt":"2005-05-02T16:51:38","slug":"joe-havely-rural-citizens-fighting-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/05\/joe-havely-rural-citizens-fighting-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Havely: Rural citizens fighting back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFrom CNN&#8217;s special report<a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2005\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/05\/02\/eyeonchina.rural\/index.html\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/SPECIALS\/2005\/eyeonchina\/\">Eye on China<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2005\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/05\/02\/eyeonchina.rural\/index.html\">an article about rural discontent<\/a> and the recent <a href=\"\/2005\/04\/jonathan_watts_8.php\">riots in Huankantou<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe hardships and resentments felt there &#8212; against corrupt local officials, pollution, land seizures, and the growing wealth gap between the urban rich and rural poor &#8212; are felt by millions of rural Chinese across the country.<\/p>\n<p>A massive chunk of China&#8217;s population &#8212; between 800 million and 900 million people &#8212; live off the land. The situation is a legacy of what, until recently, was a system that imposed strict regulations on rural migration to the cities.<\/p>\n<p>It has created a fertile base for rural discontent.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From CNN&#8217;s special report Eye on China, an article about rural discontent and the recent riots in Huankantou: The hardships and resentments felt there &#8212; against corrupt local officials, pollution, land seizures, and the growing wealth gap between the urban rich and rural poor &#8212; are felt by millions of rural Chinese across the country. 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