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Suichang Part III: Spring Festival 2015
Today I caught a ride back to Hangzhou from Suichang with my research partner and his father. During the drive, his father said to me ‘China’s development is happening too quickly, and our traditions are being destroyed in the process. … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, organic farming, rural China, rural land-use, Suichang, tea farming, wwoof china, Zhejiang
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“Seeking Truth From Fact” Part II: Gaoping’s Organic Farm Cooperative
In my last post I described the recent evolution of Gaoping’s peasant-tourism cooperative association. Mainly, how the villagers scaled up from scattered, individual households opening their homes to tourists, to sharing resources and combining services to form the ‘Four Unifications’ … Continue reading
“Seeking Truth From Fact”: The Relevant Role of Experimental Models in China’s Rural Development
I returned to Suichang last week as an assistant to a professor I met at a conference last summer who hired me as a mentor for a group of US undergrad students she lead on a month-long trip across China. … Continue reading
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Tagged cooperatives, local government, rural China, rural land-use, Suichang, Zhejiang
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Suichang Part II: Chinese New Year 2014
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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Tagged rural China, Suichang, tea farming, wwoof china, Zhejiang
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China's Rural Land-Use: Notes from the Field 