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The benefits of allowing free land trade – reflections on land allocation in China

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Although China controls an extensive territory, pressure on land is high. A large proportion of … Continue reading

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Scenes from the tobacco harvest: Why China can’t quit smoking

Gejiu is a city of 135,000 people that lies 280 kilometers southeast of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, and several hours north of China’s border with Vietnam. Sibling mountains cradle Gejiu in a narrow valley, made even smaller by … Continue reading

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Kedong County: a documentary by Chinageeks

Kedong County, a documentary about a village in Heilongjiang Province by Chinageeks.

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Homemade airplane crashed in Hubei

Chutianjinbao: 45-year-old farmer-turned-aviator Shu Mansheng crashed his self-designed aircraft three seconds after takeoff.

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Dogs and farmers unwelcome

Offensive signage in Changchun.

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