Machine generated contents note: 1. Development is not a dinner party -- 2. Rich Wang's village: marketing the dairy economy -- 3. Buying out collectives and farms -- 4.`We never forcibly evict anybody, except those who refuse to move' -- 5.`May god bless our injured land ... ' -- 6. Water...

This stimulating and challenging book explores the duplicitous nature of development in China. On the positive side, it brings longer and healthier lives; fewer children dead before they are five years old; more comfort and security from famine and disaster; more education; more communication;...