Tag Archives: rural China

Urban-to-Rural Migration: From Business Marketing in Beijing, to Fish Farming in Sichuan?

Posted on October 31, 2014 by elenakayes

Rapid urbanization, rural-to-urban migration, social stratification and the environmental consequences of poorly regulated economic growth and resource degradation – including the pollution of air, soil, and water, loss of arable land to development, deforestation, and desertification – are all central concerns facing China, … Continue reading →

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Suichang Part II: Chinese New Year 2014

Posted on February 9, 2014 by elenakayes

As I am sure you can imagine, I was ecstatic to get back in touch with the family from Suichang that I stayed with in 2010 (see previous post), and jumped at the opportunity when they invited me to spend ten … Continue reading →

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Suichang Part I: A Tea Farm, and my Brief Celebrity as a Local Waitress

Posted on January 11, 2014 by elenakayes

For my next 2010 field visit (following Julie’s family in Jiangsu province), I contacted a family that was running a large-scale tea farm; at least, definitely larger than the standard ‘noodle plots’ that rural families are allocated through the village … Continue reading →

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Jiangsu: Julie and the Fish Farm

Posted on November 2, 2013 by elenakayes

As promised I will be writing more detailed accounts of each of my 2010 field visits, starting with WWOOF visit # in Jiangsu: Julie and the fish farm. Julie, my first WWOOF contact, was twenty-five and working in Nanjing as … Continue reading →

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