Pain in the countryside. In the depths of the city - The tragic story of China's rural areas in progress

Author: Xu Xiao / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This is not the pain of leaving one's homeland, but the powerless pain that permeates the blood and soul. Those of us living in the city no longer see the familiar scenes around us as moving. Our emotional detachment from the vast majority of people, our apathy and selfishness, our sense of complacency as if it were the natural order of things—these are the roots of this pain. The pain that lingers on the fringes of cities and in the desolate countryside reflected in this book reveals the most serious problem in China's modernization process—the rural issue. What you will see in this book is no longer futile calls to action or cheap sighs, but a shared experience of joys and sorrows with our fellow villagers. What we gain is no longer a moral satisfaction, but a journey of universal love that purifies ourselves.