Nickname: Sherry

Review: The author clearly understands the current conditions in China. Yes, at present China is a developing country and there are a lot of things we need to do that will take time, and won?t happen overnight. But if we keep working, gradually our country will be richer and richer.

Date reviewed: Mar 14, 2006 2:52 AM

Nickname: arunjacob

Review: The article critically analysed China's policies with special refernce to the rural sector's miserable condition.I think China is not to be considered a socialist country, after the reforms were introduced and economy opened up and market forces let loose to play .The rural sector was almost neglected in many of its policies. I hope China will sriously do some work in this regard pretty soon.

Date reviewed: Mar 13, 2006 3:19 PM

Nickname: Dan

Review: Stephen Green seems to be proposing a U.S. type solution to China's need (?) to move peasants off agricultural land; i.e. sell the land to larger entities while using machinification to reduce the need for rural workers and then residents of necessity will move off the land and into urban centers. What Mr. Green doesn't seem to recommend, however, is some sort of welfare program to keep the displaced persons localized and economically ignored in their urban settings -- unless there is a hurricane, like Katrina, to expose to the public how our rural poor have been collected into urban centers, like New Orleans.

Date reviewed: Mar 12, 2006 8:46 PM

Nickname: MorningSun

Review: The author has done his homework, calling attention to events that might be viewed as less glamorous by some but in fact could have far-reaching impact.

Date reviewed: Mar 12, 2006 3:35 PM

Nickname: sunny

Review: The government has not only "promised" free education - it was put into action. In 2006, students in rural area in all of western China can go to school for free: no tuitions and no fees. Though a much delayed action, it's good to see it finally happen.

Date reviewed: Mar 10, 2006 3:32 AM

Nickname: augstine

Review: As a Chinese citizen, the poverty of our countryside has alaways been a sting in my heart.Since the Reformation and Open up in 1978, during the past over 20 years, China has attained remarkable economic growth and social improvements and accompanying these are rising enormous problems,among which the problem of agiculture,coutryside and farmers bear the greatest graveness.Deng Xiaoping,the general designer of China's reformation once pointed out,the stability of China's countryside is of top priority to the whole nation's steady development.In the process of the marketization and industralization most of Chinese framers are deprived of the right to health care and education and the uneven delivery of social income especially the loss and misappropriation of the state-owned asset and increasingly intense corruption in local governments widened the gap between rural and urban areas and worsend their life condition.Now it is the time for them to get compensated,though a little belatedly.

Date reviewed: Mar 10, 2006 2:45 AM

Nickname: dick

Review: the U.S and Japan's China threat is baloney

Date reviewed: Mar 10, 2006 12:31 AM

Nickname: Krugman

Review: The end is near, dude. There is nothing one can do for the terminally ill.

Date reviewed: Mar 9, 2006 11:18 PM