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21-01-2013 08:33 AM | China

Raising China's rural income a tough row to hoe

Wang Zhiren, a farmer in the agricultural province of Jilin, does not know what the word "middle-class" means. However, Wang's life is typically middle-class: he lives in a three-bedroom house with a garage, drives a sedan and shops in urban department stores.

Wang's family earned 100,000 yuan (US$16,090) last year from growing rice.
Full Story : Shanghai Daily